How effective are scent eliminating laundry detergents?

[Smossy]

Ok so I have the dead down wind product, Havent used it yet but I virtually have everything they have to offer, Deoderant, Mouth Spray, Body/Hair wash, Soap, Laundry Detergant, Fabric Softener, Body Spray, Etc etc etc. Was pretty cheap got it all in a kit for about 20 bucks. Now my question is, About those UV products.
If I use Just the DDW product.... Do I need to ALSO use a UV removal product? Or how does that work. Ive never had experience with any of this stuff as Im a new hunter.

[dreamunelk]

So, for hypoallergenic detergent or baking soda, do those act as a UV inhibitor as well? I'm all about pinching pennies if it's just as effective.

Also, as to my original question, how effectively are the scents removed? Can I take my hiking baselayers and remove the scent well enough for hunting? What about hiking clothes that I have near a stinky campfire?

No UV,  basically pure soap.   
Sent removed?  Well it smells better than when I put it in.  Do animals still smell me?  Yes.  As others have said stealth and using the wind.  Tried and true methods used since man decided fresh meet was good.
I am usually out the whole early archery season and don't have access to laundry and showers usually consist of a cold creek or hypoallergenic baby wipes.  So I am more concerned about UV and perfumes. 

[Cascade_fisher]

Playing the wind will be as or more effective then the detergents/ scents/ etc...  Can't help but smell human after all but minimize it as best as possible.  The UV spectrum is what ungulates see so that is by far the better product to use.  IMO. 

[washelkhunter]

You guys are'nt gettin it. The whole scent free uv regimen is about buying you 5 seconds; God willing; of time to make a play on a critter that is confused about the current situation. Thats all. Its about being close, really close. Like within 2 yards or less. Thats exciting.

[Smossy]

You guys are'nt gettin it. The whole scent free uv regimen is about buying you 5 seconds; God willing; of time to make a play on a critter that is confused about the current situation. Thats all. Its about being close, really close. Like within 2 yards or less. Thats exciting.

Im not following, Your lack of information in regards to your comment is confusing to say the least.

[Mudman]

Its all good. Use it, it cant hurt and will help.  Just dont rely on it and buy what ya choose.  Any advantage helps but none of that stuff works great imop.  I kicked a yote in the nose while in my deer blind made of branches.  He smelled my footprints and followed them to me!  I watched him trotting along and instantly stop smell ground and do this!  Very cool and disturbing.  The point is does your DDW treat the bottom of your boots?   I give the animals a ton of credit and no product will stop a dog or bear from smelling you for sure.  Ungulates maybe some.  You can be very close to a deer or elk while they smell you, I have.  If they dont see ya and know your location often they hold up in my experience.  Some think this is because they dont smell em.  I dont think that.

[Smossy]

I just want to know if DDW helps against the UV factor lol. Ill use everything I can within my power to take the advantage, I thought that's what us humans do.

[Mudman]

I just want to know if DDW helps against the UV factor lol. Ill use everything I can within my power to take the advantage, I thought that's what us humans do.

Yes it does have uv protection.

[Smossy]

I just want to know if DDW helps against the UV factor lol. Ill use everything I can within my power to take the advantage, I thought that's what us humans do.

Yes it does have uv protection.

Awesome, Good enough for me then. thanks Mudman.

[LowRange]

  Ok  guys,didnt intend to raise such a stink about things,pun intended of course.
 Anyways isnt all this just a tad on the radical side?

 So tell me this,youre at camp, up and out in the morning,maybe come back for lunch,done for the day,,etc.
 Youre at camp for any of these reasons and some ahoe decides to make breakfast,gets that dang smokey fire going,some other dude lights up a cigar around the the evening fire to rehash the day,maybe spits some chew on the ground,yup there are men that actually do that i hear?

 Anyways now all the hide the scent stinkum stuff is exposed to this foul human sign,its on the ground,in the air,on the tent fabric,etc. So do you just relax and enjoy the being around youre hunting buddys,and gals by the way, or do you obsess about the human scent wafting around every nook and cranny at camp?

 Just enjoy being there and the memories that will last through the years,do youre best as always while you are on youre hunt,just remember that the old guy that stays in at camp now days will most likely have that dang fire going when you get back waiting to hear how it went.

 So you are going to stop and strip down before you get into camp so you can preserve youre stealth,2 ,3 times per day?
 Sorry but it sounds pretty up tight to me,would be fun to observe though. I much prefer to just relax and enjoy.
 Dont mean to step on any toes what so ever,but gee whiz.
   
 

[turkeyfeather]

  Ok  guys,didnt intend to raise such a stink about things,pun intended of course.
 Anyways isnt all this just a tad on the radical side?

 So tell me this,youre at camp, up and out in the morning,maybe come back for lunch,done for the day,,etc.
 Youre at camp for any of these reasons and some ahoe decides to make breakfast,gets that dang smokey fire going,some other dude lights up a cigar around the the evening fire to rehash the day,maybe spits some chew on the ground,yup there are men that actually do that i hear?

 Anyways now all the hide the scent stinkum stuff is exposed to this foul human sign,its on the ground,in the air,on the tent fabric,etc. So do you just relax and enjoy the being around youre hunting buddys,and gals by the way, or do you obsess about the human scent wafting around every nook and cranny at camp?

 Just enjoy being there and the memories that will last through the years,do youre best as always while you are on youre hunt,just remember that the old guy that stays in at camp now days will most likely have that dang fire going when you get back waiting to hear how it went.

 So you are going to stop and strip down before you get into camp so you can preserve youre stealth,2 ,3 times per day?
 Sorry but it sounds pretty up tight to me,would be fun to observe though. I much prefer to just relax and enjoy.
 Dont mean to step on any toes what so ever,but gee whiz.
   
 

I dont know how your hunts go, but when I leave camp in the morning I don't come back 2-3 times. I stay out hunting and dont come back till its dark. 

[buckfvr]

We dont wear our hunt clothes by fires, non of us smoke or chew,  we stay out til dark, upon returning to camp, hunt clothes are hung upwind in pine trees and sprayed down......even when rifle hunting anything, routine doesnt change much......its just how weve dont it for years.  We have our fun, others have theirs...... 

[PolarBear]

I use Sport-Wash for all of my hunting clothes, shower in scent killer soap every morning, spray down with scent killer while in the field and change into my hunting clothes once I have driven to where I start my hike in.  I also refuse to wear my hunting clothes any time other than when I am actually hunting including my boots and hat..  None of this crap of wearing it year round.  All of my hunting clothes get washes then vacuum packed in sealed bags.   My method is a pain in the butt, but every year I have deer walk within 3 feet or less of me and never know that I am there, and that includes down wind.  This past year I had 3 whitie does and a buck literally completely surround me in my ground blind (sitting on fir boughs in the snow) and never knew I was there. I don't care what anyone says, you cannot always "just play the wind"! 

[LowRange]

  OK then, I still think this should become part of the Bigfoot thread perhaps,Have fun out there boys.

 Maybe you should make up youre own brew and bottle it soon ,dont forget the orderly to the letter directions and protocol.  Just to funny to me.   

[turkeyfeather]

  OK then, I still think this should become part of the Bigfoot thread perhaps,Have fun out there boys.

 Maybe you should make up youre own brew and bottle it soon ,dont forget the orderly to the letter directions and protocol.  Just to funny to me.   

You really enjoy  dont you. Sure hope you never need help cause your certainly not making a good impression for being new here. I would like to know where you hunt so I can make sure to stay away from the roads you and your bacon smelling, chain smoking buddies are driving on while hunting so I can go elsewhere.