hand wash or machine wash w/ baking soda

[David Dumke]

The title speaks for its self I suppose.

Thanks for your time.

[ishoot4thrills]

It won't matter if you don't play the wind.

Rubber boots and don't touch anything going in.

[RedShaft]

what i shoot says little or few think about. how you get into your stand makes a dif. dont be brushing up against or grabbing branches! also i just use the washing machine but only after iv washed like my hunting socks and long undies first with the soda, i dont want the left over residues from the regular detergent on my outer garments.

[bryan r]

Base layer I machine wash with 'soda then hang outside to dry. Outer layer I usually just spray down well with a baking soda/water mix, again, air dry.

[Cookus]

I hand wash with baking soda and water... My wife uses fabric softener which leaves a visible, gummy residue in our washing machine due to 2 adults, 5 kids, and hard water... Besides, it's a labor of love and I prefer not to smell like the Snuggle Bear!

[joe skipp]

My hunting clothes are impregnated with my masking scents. I never wash them....

If I get blood on the pants from kneeling etc...I use a good Scent free wash like Cover Up to clean the blood out, then reapply the masking scent once dried.

Baking soda absorbs odors.....never use it.

[bowslinger]

I machine wash with baking soda or an unscented, UV dye free detergent.  I dry in dryer.  I do not use fabric softener at all so no scents in dryer.

Before I go out for the first time, I hang clothes, back pack, boots, etc, outside or at least lay them in yard for an hour.  I typically dress and undress at hunting location and store hunting clothes in a trash bag or plastic tub before driving home.  I cover hunting clothes with leaf litter and soil from my hunting location.  Gives clothes an earthy smell that the deer are used to.

Wash clothes as needed for blood, or if have sweated profusely while wearing hunting clothes.

[Ray Hammond]

I 'wash' the washing machine first by putting hot water in it and baking soda scrub the cylinder walls then do a rinse cycle

Baking soda in dry form does absorb odors
Wet -it's a very effective cleaner and REMOVER of odors

It tastes bad but also does a very effective job as a toothpaste

When u put clothes in an airtight bag sprinkle BS in the bag with them.As you put them on shake out the BS it's done it's jobI go so far as to put a little on my hat when I put it on as well.

70 percent of heat leaves your body from your head and neck- I'm assuming a lot of odor does as well

A lot of deer have spent enough time downwind of me for this method to give me confidence and that's the most important thing

You'll hunt harder when u are confident

Some use cover scents with success

Me- I want to be a ghost - like there's nothing there

It's all about what YOU find works best through experience

[Jedimaster]

I tend to use it in a manner similar to Ray.  I not only wash my clothes (machine) with it, I also bath, wash hair and brush teeth with it.  I hang clothes out to dry while still wet and leave them there for several hours after they are dry.  Then seal in storage containers and repeat if I get sweaty or around any contaminating scents.  I also have had deer many times downwind that did not spook.  Not saying they couldn't smell a human at all, just very obvious it was not significant enough to be considered a threat.