Keeping down scent

[Spider]

What is everyone doing to minimize their scent in the field. Keep reading about the wind busting everyone on a stalk when it swirls. Anyone using a particular deodorant or scent block, I know about using bicarb to wash camo's in to keep down UV and that nice fresh as daisy smell, but after walking around for a while sweating and all can get a bit on the nose. :? whats the go??? ...

[hunting_mainiac]

u just have to cope once you are out in the feild .

if it stinks i wash it , if it dont i wear it :D

[Sparra]

Gaday fella's...a few days before i hunt i pack my asat in gum leaves and grass etc ..don't know if it helps but at least iv'e tried...
Regards...Sparra

[Pitty]

G'day Spider,

I use a sport wash and a scent kill deoderant, not sure how well the deoderant works though. After every hunt I wash my clothes in the sport wash and then seal the clothes up in a sealable plastic bag with leaves and grass from my hunting area, this does work on the clothes for sure.

[jindydiver]

A shower before the trip and some non-scented deodorant help, but realy what you need is just good skills and a dose of luck. :wink:

[humphrey]

i wash all my hunting clothes in the laundry sink with bo buster hunters wash by pete rickard. its a no smell and no uv formula. i then whack them in a sealed plastic container till i head out. i always have a shower before i go and use a non perfumed soap (you can get it at safeway) and i do actually wear deodarant, but after i put it on i spray my underarms with scent killer. if i remember i break off a few tree branches in the area and rub the leaves on me.
a big problem is uv. we are meant to appear like a glowing ball to animals if we use normal detergent because they have very powerful uv senses.
i guess the best measure is keep the wind in your favour, but if i take these precautions i reckon the occasional swirl of wind may keep me undetected.

[adam]

If the wind is wrong its wrong and theres nothin more too it. Keeping your scent covered as best as possible(tee tree oil, cover scents etc) will help keep your scent from spreading as far. But if the game is close and the wind changes game up. And hey thats all part of it anyway. i've use scent eliminators, cover scents, etc and all fail when your been walking for a while. Adam

p.s It good to smell like the bush though.

[Glenn]

I have tried everything over the years and as Adam said if the wind is wrong it's wrong and that's it, nothing else to it. I thing that if an animal smell anything that it does not know it will be alerted. I doubt if you can ever cover up your scent completly. If it's not on your cloths it will be on your bow, your arrows, quiver tabs, glove and armguard the pack you are wearing are all kinks in the armour of covering up our scent...Glenn...

[Warlocke]

I read a post on one of the American sites saying that it is only when the scent gets above a certain level that the game becomes alarmed.

Lets face it there is human scent just about everywhere these days so the animals would have some sort of desensitisation.

If you keep your scent levels low then when the wind swirls you may not exude enough scent to alarm them fully if you do use scent control systems.

I agree that up close you can't have the wind in an animals face but from a distance you may get away with it if the scent levels are low allowing you to get a better position in the wind.

Sometimes I see game that are on the edge of my scent put their head up for a better sniff then go back to grazing and, if the wind isn't too close to their noses, get in a good stalk.

Other times I just see the birds take off in the distance telling me the game have caught my scent before I have seen them.

My camo is washed in a non scented, non phosphorous wash, rinsed in bicarb and I store them in an airtight container with a swab impregnated with Tee Tree Oil.

When perspiring heavily in the bush I use a scent cover deoderant.

[Spider]

Thanks guys, all good info...Cheers...Scott

[takleberry]

I,ve found up here in the top end much the same when the wind turns the games up.

but also hunting pressure, early season and you can nearly walk into the mob of pigs to get the shot away while later on one sniff and they're all gone.

Also a good strong wind blows the wind over the mob before they realise your there. where as a light wind swirling around ruins your whole day

and the longer your out there the more you stink

Tac

[woodstoka]

in america the relly series guys come over here to hunt sambar and they tip deer piss on them selfes :?

[robtic]

dose anyone go with out deodorent I thought this would be the best or can the animals detect human cent. only new to the sport myself.

[Rue]

Guys,
We always used fox urain to cover our scent when hunting whitetail deer. When I first moved here I had a small bottle in my kit but have since used it up. It was very effective way of covering scent when walking. I have a couple of scent bags that tie around my boots and they hold the scent. it not very good when hunting rabbits.
Rick

[Bowmancam]

IMO, I think it's a matter of being lazy.

If you have to cover your scent to make it easier for you to be a bowhunter, then save your money on cover scents, sell your bow and buy a rifle...

Thats one of the beauties of bowhunting. Being aware of the wind and working with it. If it ruins your stalk, and it often does, then thats a fact of close range bowhunting... and what makes it such a challenge.

Cheers, Cam

[jason]

I have never worried about scent as i was told dogs can deciefer over 50 different scents so covering it with another scent will not work. I have seen goats pigs deer etc wind me from hundreds of meters and bolt and the scent would have to be disipated by then. At 10-30m you have no hope i feel better to keep the wind in your face or on your cheek is the best as you do not get the suck back affect when in close on gusty days.