How do you guys prepare your Hunting Clothes

[kiamichi kid]

I have had success washing them in uv free and then storing them in a tote with fresh earth "wafers". The sytem has worked well for several seasons... I still play the wind. Its an improvement on my scent but is not an excuse to hunt upwind.

[huntnmuleys]

Nothing different then my street clothes.

[The Hawk]

I wash 'em in high dollar stuff. Dry 'em with high dollar dirt scent dryer sheets. I spray 'em with high dollar spray scent killer. I smoke 'em. Then I leave 'em at the truck 'cause I'm a TRAD HUNTER man!    "Huntin' Naked with Tiffany" now there is a show that could sell advertising!!!!

[Paul WA]

I dont change mine till I score, after the 3rd day the wife starts praying that I get something...PR

[Yota4me]

I clean the washing machine by running a load through the washing machine with baking soda. Then I wash that same load again with Carbon synergy & air dry them outside. When dry they're sealed in a garbage bag which is placed in a rubber maid container. Packs, bow, arrows, treestand, belt, steps & all my gear gets spray with the same spray. Rubber boots are washed inside and out then scrubbed with mud and then rinsed. These boots are kept hanging outside in the shade, upside down. Never to be worn except when hunting. I wear Scent-lok suit including gloves & headgear.

[gregg dudley]

I have never smelled any dirt in any of the places that I hunt that smelled like the earth wafers or dryer sheets...

[lpcjon2]

TTT

[VictoryHunter]

Wash clothes with scent killer soap then dry them and once they are dry I put them in a scent free trash bag to store them. I usually do this the night before a hunt so they are ready to go in the morning.

[Pete McMiller]

I'm like a lot of the others, put it on and go hunt.  Wool doesn't carry odors like other materials.  Can't remember the last time I washed my outside wool.  Wool underwear gets washed with the regular laundry soap.  In elk camp I hang my clothes next to my cot, which is next to the kitchen.  Last bull I killed crossed my wind - twice - before he came to me.  I used to hunt with coon hounds and they could back track me no matter what I wore - even hip boots and walking through water - if they could do it how good do you think a deer's nose is?  I'm convinced that some individual game we hunt just aren't alarmed by our scent and some are on perpetual pins and needles.  Don't beat yourself up over scent control just try and be down wind all the time.

[Eric Sprick]

Area I normally has cedars all over it.  Will pack mine in plastic bins with some small cedar branches, etc. Will keep outer stuff in the bins untill I park and get out and dress.
Still minding the wind is your best bet

Eric

[runningbird]

first thing I do when I get to camp is throw them all in a nearby pond and let them hang in the trees to dry.

[killinstuff]

I'm hunting to much during the season or on trips to worry about washing hunting clothes. If I'm filthy when I come in at night and I have a shower available,  I jump in the shower with my clothes on (no boots) and hose down good, peeling off wet clothes while the water is running.  Ring them out, hung them up to dry, good to go in the morning.

[Shakes.602]

Wash them with the Scent Killer, then let them hangout in a Shed until I need them. get that Natural Odor going on early!

[ddauler]

The older I get the less I do! Actually I dont do any scent control other than knee high rubber boots and try not to leave a scent trail. I hunt the wind if possible really hard to tell where they will come from on my ground.

[halfseminole]

Since many of the deer here don't seem to mind my scent, often it's not much.  Now that I have time to hunt hardcore though, I have the feeling I'll be doing more like my grandfather taught me.  One he didn't teach me that will help you all though it this-if you worry about your breath, chew spruce or cedar gum.  It's safe, antibacterial and absolutely woods-appropriate.  You can also try spruce or juniper tea.  

Anyone got a recipe to get the smell of cordite out of clothes?  I don't hunt the same set of clothes gun vs bow now, but I did.

[Zradix]

dynamo free and clear laundry detergent.
no smell, no uv brightener...WAY cheaper than sportwash.

I did use sportwash for a few years.
Saw my Wife bought some of the dynamo free and clear when one of my Daughters was have some skin allergies.

I checked it with UV light..no glow.
Checked the scent with my nose and a few friends.
If anything sportwash had more scent.

Then just dry in the dryer..all we use is the above detergent and no laundry sheets anyway.

I'll often keep my clothes in a bag with some "foliage" from my hunting area.

all this helps..

BUT THE WIND TRUMPS ALL>>PERIOD!

Last deer I got walked 5yds from me and my buddy in a natural ground blind.
He was smoking a cig and we both had a fresh cup of coffee.
Shot the deer at about 16yds when the shot was presented.

..had the wind in our face..  :-)

[DaveT1963]

I wash mine outside in water and baking soda, rinse, drip dry and then store in rubbermaid container with some pine or cedar in it.  I do use bakign soda and a homebrew scent killer in the field as needed (gets hot down here in TX during bow season).  While you cannot eliminate all human scent concentrations can be cut.... IMHO deer spook when they encounter fresh/concentrated human odor.... the more you control human scent the better chance you have of not blowing a deer out of the area.  Also, anyone that thinks rubber boots are scent free and better then leather should visit a tracking dog owner.... rubber boots give off just as much odor and deer know what it is in heavy hunted areas.  Best bet is always to plan approach/exit and play the wind.

[Blackstick]

I ran out of storage space years ago, so mine hang year round outdoors on my patio which is covered. It's great to have an understanding wife for this method though.    

[ron w]

First thing I do is make sure they still fit ....               There are some good thoughts here......

[Trumpkin the Dwarf]

I dunno about you guys, but I think it IS possible to temporarily eliminate human odor, with the right type of smoke. Green pine boughs thrown on a fire yield a particularly thick and oily smoke. I was upwind, and within 40-60 yards of 200 head of elk once, after doing this. They never smelled me in the 45 minutes I spent looking through the herd. I never did find a legal bull in the herd.