How effective are scent eliminating laundry detergents?

[LowRange]

  This is getting to be to funny guys. But on a side note i do use un scented oil on my fire arms and of course wipe down the handle on the camp coffee pot each and every use.

 Dont forget the axe handle as well.
 I do have to say that all my hunting buddys really enjoy the info you guy-gals are coming up with.
 Guess we just been lucky all these years or its the fresh hay bale scent we stuff into our pockets.       

[buckfvr]

When you get done being full of yourself, maybe then youll realize we are talking more about bow hunting and being 20 yards and less from animals, and that your ways would certainly result in your luck running out if you picked up a bow......

[Smossy]

  This is getting to be to funny guys. But on a side note i do use un scented oil on my fire arms and of course wipe down the handle on the camp coffee pot each and every use.

 Dont forget the axe handle as well.
 I do have to say that all my hunting buddys really enjoy the info you guy-gals are coming up with.
 Guess we just been lucky all these years or its the fresh hay bale scent we stuff into our pockets.       

Must be a rifle hunter shooting at over 100yards, am I right?

[Smossy]

When you get done being full of yourself, maybe then youll realize we are talking more about bow hunting and being 20 yards and less from animals, and that your ways would certainly result in your luck running out if you picked up a bow......

Exactly. Rifle Hunting to Bow Hunting are two totally different worlds.

[LowRange]

  Nope,talking about hunting in general.
 Just wonder how they did it in the old days,my father was kinda stumped on that one as he never did use any of this new voo-doo stuff you speak of in his bow hunting days.

 You guys are just to funny. How you get to where you are going anyways? You must have to drive at some point and get out for the day,unless of course you camp ALL the time?

 So you get up and out at zero dark thirty and change into cold clothes,spritz yourself down,on youre return you grab youre other clothes hanging in the tree from the morning ordeal,hang out them hunting duds,under wear and all i suspect? Get dressed for the evening campfire or ride home and do it all over again?
 You guys kiddin right or is this an off shoot of the BigFoot thread? 
 My how things have changed,,to to funny

 

[Pappy]

  Nope,talking about hunting in general.
 Just wonder how they did it in the old days,my father was kinda stumped on that one as he never did use any of this new voo-doo stuff you speak of in his bow hunting days.

 You guys are just to funny. How you get to where you are going anyways? You must have to drive at some point and get out for the day,unless of course you camp ALL the time?

 So you get up and out at zero dark thirty and change into cold clothes,spritz yourself down,on youre return you grab youre other clothes hanging in the tree from the morning ordeal,hang out them hunting duds,under wear and all i suspect? Get dressed for the evening campfire or ride home and do it all over again?
 You guys kiddin right or is this an off shoot of the BigFoot thread? 
 My how things have changed,,to to funny

 

OK I'll bite - so at what range is grandpa typically shooting critters in his blue jeans and grease and camp fire smelling flannel?

[Smossy]

  Nope,talking about hunting in general.
 Just wonder how they did it in the old days,my father was kinda stumped on that one as he never did use any of this new voo-doo stuff you speak of in his bow hunting days.

 You guys are just to funny. How you get to where you are going anyways? You must have to drive at some point and get out for the day,unless of course you camp ALL the time?

 So you get up and out at zero dark thirty and change into cold clothes,spritz yourself down,on youre return you grab youre other clothes hanging in the tree from the morning ordeal,hang out them hunting duds,under wear and all i suspect? Get dressed for the evening campfire or ride home and do it all over again?
 You guys kiddin right or is this an off shoot of the BigFoot thread? 
 My how things have changed,,to to funny

 

People weren't as effective hunters back in the day. Thats why almost any species of animals had an over-abundancy. Obviously things have changed. Animals are a lot more scarce these days. Thanks to things like more accurate weaponry and ammunition. Scent Elimination. Camouflage. Etc. I doubt back in the early days anyone would be standing toe to toe with an elk sniffing your broadheads "or arrowheads back in the day" stuck at full draw because hes too close for a good shot.

[Mudman]

Dunno smossy, I think they were better hunters.  There was less game around here I have been told.  Logging opened up more feed etc.  Elk were in selective areas.  Dad told me Lewis clark starved and had a hard time finding game, ate alot of fish.  The scent things I do think help but I dont think they eliminate anything.  I dont waste my money much and havent noticed a diff from when I was wasting my money on it.  I use the cover spray and thats it.  My dad smells like a cigar from 10ft away and does well hunting!

[Pappy]

there's a lot more animals now than there were in the early 20th century, at least to hear the wildlife conservation groups talk about it (such as RMEF). It's my understanding (and i could be completely wrong), that hunting was much much more rifle based back in the day, not archery.

So I'll come clean - this will be my first year hunting big game, and that's why I have all the questions in all the different boards here. But I'm going the archery route because it appeals to me more. A friend of mine tipped the scales for me when he told me why he changed to archery. He told me the last season he went rifle hunting, he hiked up a small ridge, sat under a tree, ate a sandwich, glassed the clear cut below, spotted a buck at 230 yards, shot him, took him home and ate him.

It gets the job done, but I'm after the hunt as much as the food. That story sounds more like ordering in

[jackmaster]

store your clothes that you hunt in, in a plastic bag with fresh vegetation init, and dont put it on until you get to where your huntn, it does no good to put it on and thenn get in your pick up or pump gas, there is no true elimination of scent, one thing i have found that works real well is regular old wood smoke from a campfire, it is the most common smell in the woods and animals pay little attention to it, but nothin is more affective than using the wind to your advantage   

[Zardoz]

In my experiance it's all about wind direction, movemnt and UV elimination. Control all 3 and life is great.

[turkeyfeather]

I wash my clothes in a mixture of baking soda and borax. I spray them down and put them in a tote with a couple pine branches. I'm not going to go overboard on the scent eliminating because I think being a good woodsman and paying attention to the wind is much more important but it certainly can't hurt. And in case your wondering I am a bow hunter and shot my deer this year at 7 yards.

[Smossy]

Dunno smossy, I think they were better hunters.  There was less game around here I have been told.  Logging opened up more feed etc.  Elk were in selective areas.  Dad told me Lewis clark starved and had a hard time finding game, ate alot of fish.  The scent things I do think help but I dont think they eliminate anything.  I dont waste my money much and havent noticed a diff from when I was wasting my money on it.  I use the cover spray and thats it.  My dad smells like a cigar from 10ft away and does well hunting!

Dunno Its possible I could be wrong. I only go by what I know/see

[Smossy]

I wash my clothes in a mixture of baking soda and borax. I spray them down and put them in a tote with a couple pine branches. I'm not going to go overboard on the scent eliminating because I think being a good woodsman and paying attention to the wind is much more important but it certainly can't hurt. And in case your wondering I am a bow hunter and shot my deer this year at 7 yards.

No way, Your a turkey hunter!   

[Cascade_fisher]

I use Free and Clear all the time in the machine so fragrance doesn't build up and hunting clothes and gear get the non-UV version, hang dry outside.  I check everything with a black light as well.  I store all my gear in plastic totes that have some dirt and vegetation in them and those live on my deck.   I make my own non-scent spray with distilled water, hydrogen peroxide, baking soda and some "flavor" ( smoke, distilled evergreen, etc...). When it is so cheap I use the crap out of it.  Works for me.  I also check and use the wind, don't march through the woods like a human and save all my farting for the tent later.