scent-loc and such???

[Jon Stewart]

I still say, "Be American" and buy American.

[Sixby]

Ditto Bjorn. LOL I step in elk poo all day long.

Cou0ple of years ago I was working uphill with wind in my face and I smelled something like perfume. I knew it was human but could not imagine what it was. About ten minutes later a man and his son that were carrying bows came tripping down the path. The smell was really strong aftershave that the man was wearing. I had to have been a half mile away from them when I smelled that stuff LOL. Sometimes I wonder about people. Then again maybe he knew something I didn't and had tested his aftershave.
So here he was walking with the wind and wearing strong aftershave. all camoed up and face paint and the works. Almost made me wonder if I knew what I was doing .


God bless, Steve

[jsweka]

I'm too cheap to buy it.

The dumbest thing I saw in one of the big outdoor stores was a sent lock vest.  Even if you believe in the stuff, why would you buy a garment that is supposed to hide your sent yet leaves one of the most smelly places of your body exposed?

[ron w]

When this was dairy country all the guys would hang there close in the barn.....it worked then. Now less dairy around, but still maybe the way to go.

[LC]

I like the saying something to the effect " ignorance is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results". I don't own  or have never bought scent lock suits, don't endorse or sell scent killer, BUT it's relatively easy to fool a white tails nose with wind blown scent. Just because you keep saying it can't be done wearing the same "type" clothes doing the same thing doesn't mean it can't be done. I love these threads actually as it reminds me how I can have deer directly down wind under my stand scenting other hunters staring in their direction not having a clue I'm 12 yards from them.

[USN_Sam1385]

I reread through all this again.. I hear a lot about recharging and how it would wear off etc. I agree. I think thats why this cheapo $7 bottle of powder works so well. I wash the clothes then put the powder in water and dip clothes in it.
 So essentially its a brand new carbon suit that you "recharge" for 50 cents by redipping it.  As for smoke, its the same concept as carbon. Smoke is basically just carbon.

As for scent loc specifially, never would or could spend the money on it. Like I said I think im essentially making the same thing for a 50th of the cost.

[toddster]

Yep, would rather spend my money on wool.  Keep in mind gent's, what the outer layer of the "scentlock" technology is made from?  Wool, in all it's wonder (lol), doesn't hold scent like cottom or petro based products.  I have seen more deer since wearing it then when I had on other things.  Personally, it's all about playing the wind!!  Native American's didn't have it, and was poor shots (like me), yet they became "good" hunters to eat.  and Yes buy american, might be little more or hell double, but will last you four times as long and may come around to saving your pocketbook someday too.

[Orion]

Let's just assume for the sake of argument that the stuff is 100% effective.  That is, if you wear it, your scent is completely undetectable to deer.  In effect, you've taken away one of their primary means of defense/escape.  Seems to violate the concept of fair chase?

Even if it's only partly effective, it certainly turns the odds much more in the "hunter's" favor.  It's another example of substituting technology for woodsmanship. That's why I have never and will never use it.

To each, his own.    

[BowHunterGA]

I don't buy into it. I prefer to do my homework and play the wind. I also prefer to spend money on more enjoyable things such as bows, knives and such.

1 thought that always came to mind. If the stuff worked so well you would think that drug smugglers would be using it to defeat drug dogs. Since a deer supposedly has more olfactory receptors than a dog it stands to reason it would defeat drug sniffing dogs.

On the other hand, I am intrigued by the idea of garments woven with materials that prevent the growth of odor causing bacteria. Not to beat a whitetails nose but I think it might make it possible to reduce residual odor after leaving the woods.