Scentlok clothing

[Hooked]

Originally posted by bowmaster12:
my friend and i had a long talke with a chemist about these carbon suits this is the main point he told us, once the carbon is filled with scent it is locked in heat is the only way to "unlock" it problem is it takes way way more heat than a dryer so much heat the clothes would burn long before the carbon would "let go" of the capture scent.  So after a few usses it just becomes camo clothing

Actually it becomes camo loaded with scent!  My experience with it is it worked great for a few hunts but after it got loaded with scent it was worse than wearing regular camo.

[toppredator]

Thanks for all the replies.  I didn't catch the Field & Stream article.  The ozone generator idea sounds pretty interesting.

[bornagainbowhunter]

I have always just hunted the wind, not because I don't think the clothes work, but due to the cost of them.  It would be pretty hard to fool the nose of a deer.  I use rubber boots, air out my clothes, wash with scent elimination soaps (clothes and myself), spray with scent elimination products and make sure to wipe my feet alot on the grass or dirt in the area i will be hunting as soon as I leave my truck.  I carry my clothes to the area I will hunt and put them on after I get out of my truck.

I do alot to keep scent down.  Year before last my sons black and tan coon dog tracked me to my tree.  A deer would have as good of a nose and maybe a better nose than a dog.  

Point is, do all you can and then hunt the wind, you can't fool them.  Your best bet is to outsmart them.

[rascal]

Ive known people who swear by it but for my experience I already have deer as close as rubbing antlers on my ladder stands using my current methods, cant really improve on that.  Expensive stuff that you can really do without IMO but if it gives you confidence...

[Ethical Redneck]

I have 6 or 7 suits and keep them sealed in a rubbermaid or scent tote bag.  I think it works.  At the very least, it's not going to hurt.  Can a baseball player or a golfer hit a ball without a glove?  But, can they hit the ball "better" with a glove?

[Hookeye]

Hey man, I heard that if you buy this new super recurve, that you'll never miss a deer again!

Gonna be funny the legal battle, when somebody  shoots 49 deer in a row, and then has a miss.

Wonder how much they can sue for?

[Hookeye]

FWIW I got some Scentlok on sale back in '99. Dunno if it works or not, used it, still do, but pay attention to the wind and other.

It hasn't faded or fallen apart, so even if the stuff doesn't work, it's still good camo, and has actually saved me $ by lasting so long.

[Dave Lay]

a waste of money in my opinion. have never seen a need in it, I along with alot of others have killed a boat load of critters with out any of that.
 but if you feel you need it for some reason buy it, it could be a confidence builder for ya.

[stickbowmaniac]

Know matter if they work or not if you don't take extra precaution to be as scent free as posible it's useless.I'm a scent freak.Scent free wash for my clothes,scent free shower before i go in the woods,store close in sealed container,spray down before getting on stand just to metion some things i do.I'll tell you 1 of my secrets to getting close.(ESCENCE OF FALL)cover scent .Have been using it for over 10 years .Had deer downwind at 10 yards and didn't get busted.Was hunting on a 8 foot tripod.Thats when i was convinced i was onto something.

[String Cutter]

I shared a bear hunt with a guy that worked for them for several years. He stated to me that it works well for the first few times you use it. But you have to heat the suit up to over 1000degrees to re-activate the carbon to get it to release the scent that it has stored up.... My dryer don't get up to 1000degrees. He said it was worthless and the makers know it...

[lpcjon2]

As far as scent lock expensive clothing,I would eat 4 bead burritos and wait 8 hrs and put them on and sit outside.When the rumbling comes see if you smell it.

I have used the Military NBC( nuclear biological and chemical ) suits for years and they work.They are cheap at a military surplus.

[djohnson]

Stay as scent free as possible and hunt on the downwind side as much as possible and you will be fine, in most cases.

[PAPA BEAR]

scentloc is just a sales pitch.if an animal smells you it dont matter what you are wearing its game over.all you can do is be as scent free as you can with sprays etc and play the wind game.the best thing i have found for elk where i hunt is to spray down good then i pull some greens off a juniper and rub it all over my clothes,arms,face,neck etc.still doesnt block it all though.

[stickbowmaniac]

Well said Papa Bear

[Zbearclaw]

I stop bathing in July and come October I pee on my legs and rub my head on any cypress tree I can find.

That's how I beat the wind...

[jim phenes]

I have a scent blocker undergarment kind of like long underware and also a scent lock suit. I use both in conjunction on cold days but usually in early season just the scent blocker under garments, And i also believe if you go all the way it is very succesfull! Im talking about washing all you clothes in scent free soap underware socks t shirts everything you plan on wearing wash it, use a scent free soap and also deoderant, I play the wind but i have had deer come to me from down wind so I would say yes it works!

[njloco]

All you guys that air out your clothes, look up Ozone, it's in the air all the time. Sometimes there is a little more and sometimes a little less. It's one of natures ways of cleaning everything. If you hang up your regular clothes to dry after washing, smell them after they have dried, that great clean smell is Ozone.

All you guys with scent-lok clothes you can definitely rejuvenate them with an ozone generator as it doesn't release the odor but destroys it by carbonizing any odor, or germ.