Anyone use baking soda any more?

[Bob B.]

Well, I got busted by a racoon and a doe last weekend.  Not sure how actually, any way I ahve been wondering about baking soda.  Years ago, we used to take a big sponge and "pat" baking soda on us, hair, clothes, boots etc.  I rarely ever got winded.  No with scent killers and cover scents etc, I do not think I do as well as the old days.  I will go back to the simple stuff, jsut curious if others do likewise.  Hang clothes out side under porch until time to hunt.  Use baking soda to absorb any odd odors.

Bob.

[Jeff Strubberg]

I use a baking soda solution in a spray bottle before I go out.  I wet down my boots and spritz the rest of me pretty generously.

[YORNOC]

Yup, its about as far as I go now. No more special soaps/detergents. Been down that road and didnt have any better results than early days with good old BS!

[Bjorn]

Works as good as anything else.

[wildcat hunter]

COOL!!! I didn't know that. I will try it this year.

[MikeW]

I personally don't believe in scent killers, no scientific data to back it up, only because I have a friend that trains dogs for the police,drugs,cadavers,bombs ect. He once told me to think of it like this. You cook a pot of stew, to you when you walk in the house it smells like stew to a dog he smells the beef,potatoes,carrots all the spices ect. ect. I can only assume it's the same thing with deer or any other animal they will smell you and your scent killer. Best scent killer is the wind.

[BRITTMAN]

Its all I use now during hunting season , wash my clothes , use to shower with , and brush my teeth with .

[Gator1]

It must work for Brittman, New bow:  

[hvyhitter]

I've been "de-scentng" my wool for years. Put wool in bag with half box, shake and tumble,let sit 15 min then shake extra b-soda out of clothes. Seems to take alot of the storage odors out. Then hunt up-wind.........

[Plumber]

I often wash my hunting clothes in it.

[DennyK]

Always wash my hunting clothes with baking soda.

[PaddyMac]

I just wash clothes in a "free" detergent with no scents, UV enhancers, etc. Line dry them. Then store them in a plastic bag with sage brush.

[spike buck]

I wash all my hunting clothes in baking soda. I still get busted by deer down wind but I dont think any kind of cover or scent killer will solve that! I do it for those calm days.  It gives me a little more confidence when deer get close.

[TIM B]

It's all I use.  Also have some in an old clean sock and powder myself with it when im dressing
TIM B

[Redfeathers]

Its all I use now during hunting season , wash my clothes , use to shower with , and brush my teeth with .
 
Same as BRITTMAN

Redfeathers

[RedShaft]

i was my clothes in it and put it in my boots but to kill scent on my clothes on a daily basis i use the scent kill stuff autumn formula

[Ray Hammond]

Baking soda on clothes then air dry and put in airtight bags with baking soda sprinkled in the bag then I suck the air out of the bag with vacuum

I carry them out to woods and dress outside

My boots are washed with a baking soda water paste and only worn where I get out of vehicle to and from stands

Baking soda mixed with distilled water will keep a bear from finding your food pack, I am pretty sure that it will cover the smell of your foot prints, you can can spray it in your mouth  and it may even do something about that godawful early morning halitosis. I know for us it works as well as scent shield.

[KentuckyTJ]

Yeah, I use it in my homemade scent killer spray.

[Stump73]

My dad and I have used baking soda for years before they had scent killer spray or other scent items. For cover scent we use vanilla flavoring.