Is Scent Lok a gimmick??

[TNstickn]

U.S. Marshalls did a test with scent absorbing products. Not sure if it was Scent-loc brand or not. The tracking dogs had no problem following the scent. That says to me its not fool proof.

However, I think LESS scent gets out through any type of "cover-all" as long as your trying to be scent free to begin with.

The most scent is produced by your breath, so watch for strongly odored food products, any type of alcohol absorbed into the blood stream is evaporated from your system by the lungs, only the excess is urinated and sweat out. If you smell that bad, you are drinking to much!

Anything you can do to give yourself an advantage with odor, along with playing the wind as your primary concern, can only increase your odds.

[Gitnadoix]

When ya consider that the critters are smelling in parts per billion, and every breath you take fills the air with human odor...its amazing that junk like this ever got off the drawing board.....

I would imagine there is some one some where right now living large and shaking their head in bewilderment but thankfull none the less at the gullibility of the massess. And then there is rap music...nuf said....

[owlbait]

I use it, I like it, don't care what the hillbillys and their bloodhounds say. I think it MINIMIZES human scent to a level that deer find less dangerous, kinda where wingnut was going. The stuff i wear is comfortable and layers well. I only wear the inner layer Scentlok.
Peace and Good Hunting!

[Shawn Leonard]

Chlorophyll it is proven to reduce the odor us humans emit. I started my doses today. The doc said take them a week before season starts and continue thru the season. It must work as they give it to patiens with colostomy bags. Shawn

[owlbait]

When I tried it Shawn I was crapping pea soup, can't remember if it smelled or not!

[plumbocop]

I have a friend who is wealthy and buys every gimmick that comes down the pike.  I watched him carry his scent loc gear in a bag stapped to his climber, put it on at the tree and proceed to sweat down here in S.E. AL.  He looked like he was trodding across country and needed provisions when he was going to stand.  He fell asleep on stand and ran off some does cause he has sleep "apnea"? I got a kick out of him.  He also shoots a high dollar Mathews. Stay clean n hunt the wind.

[Don Thomas]

Most of these discussions focus on the question: "Does it work?" I think the real question is : "Should we use it even if it does?" We are traditional bowhunters... our decision to turn our backs on technology can't end just because we're carrying longbows and recurves in the woods. We have to look a little bit farther. If something like this allowed me to kill an animal I would not have killed otherwise, that means I made a mistake as a hunter and didn't deserve to kill it in the first place. I am NOT slamming the choices anyone else makes... just explaining why I've decided to hunt the way I do. Cheers, Don

[wingnut]

I agree with you Don, but where do we draw the line?  I think that traditional is the bow we hunt with and not the method we use.  If it was method, well camo, treestands, binos, eyeglasses, etc are modern technology that aid in taking an animal that you would not have killed otherwise.

I for one don't care what I guy wears or even hunts with, if they hunt with a trad mind then they are cool with me.

Mike

[Tom Anderson]

In answer to your original question "Is Scent-Loc a gimmick?"...YES.

[Ron Goodrum]

Well I use it. As to whether or not it contains scent I couldn't tell you. I didn't buy it for that reason. I stay clean and keep the wind in my face. I bought it because the clothing itself is functional for the stand hunting I do.I have the full season fleece. It's quiet, I like the cut as it allows me free range of motion. It cuts the wind and sheds light rain and snow. The liner suit layers nicely with the outerwear.I bought mine on clearance and the price was right. The gloves, face mask, and stocking cap are functional and of good quality. I freeze to death wearing cotton and wool gives me the heeby jeebies itchy wise. I guess what I'm trying to say is that the clothing itself is of good quality with features that have the bowhunter in mind. The scent control aspect, well if it's there great, but I sure don't rely on it.

[tradtusker]

i don't believe it works for a second. surprising how many people actually use it though. sell anything if you market it well enough i guess.

[Jeff Strubberg]

Is Scent Lok a gimmick??[\\quote]

Yes.

[Gator1]

Our local news station about a year and a half ago, did a test with Police dogs, and "hidden scent lock clad humans"..

The dogs found em every time... It was a story on the effectiveness of the Scent Lock type technology..

My vote: Gimmick.... and an expensive one to boot.

[George D. Stout]

I agree with Don, we just keep looking for more things to shortcut the adventure.  It's like asking someone else what ethical is...if you don't know, there is already an issue because it's personal.

In the years we have been hunting deer, they have solely relied on their wits, which apparently are much better than ours as a whole. Hunt them using your wits and the wind....not some factory made solution to make us "better."

[Tom Leemans]

I've seen more than a few people get busted when the wind shifted, while wearing it. nuff said. I believe they tell us to forget the wind and just hunt. yeah right.

[Don Thomas]

Where to draw the line? That question is as old as the hills, and my answer is always the same: draw it wherever you want to. My line just doesn't include high tech clothing designed to eliminate a game's animal's keenest defensive sense through something that comes in a box. Others are perfectly welcome to see it differently. As for the original question, I would recall the words of PT Barnum: "There's a sucker born every minute." Don

[Grant Young]

Yes.

[peter c iacavazzi]

Hmm...Does Scent-Lok work?...Well it does if your Lee Lakosky...

But, out here in Montana (AKA, Elk) country... we're smart enough to know that the saying "Forget the wind...just hunt"...Was definitely not coined by an elk hunter!

New motto..."Forget the scent-lok...just hunt the WIND"

Just my .02 cents

Peter Iacavazzi

[SpikeMaster]

Gimmick? Yes.
I agree wholeheartedly with what Mr. Thomas and Mr. Stout had to say.

[Bill Tell]

I need my clothes to breath if they don't won't they die?

Hunt with the wind in your face and smoke a pipe with Captain Black.  Thats what our grandfathers did.