How effective are scent eliminating laundry detergents?

[Pappy]

  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 guess it's all perception - I don't think of it as too big a deal ditch the hunting duds while in camp. Really wouldn't be that time consuming to hang them upwind.

[PolarBear]

  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.   

Some of us actually take our hunting very seriously.  You may find these extreme measures silly but my results don't lie.  I would be willing to bet that my success rate at killing quality animals with a bow at close range is much higher than you stinky camp dwellers.   

[Mudman]

  It all helps.  An advantage is a good thing if you want to work and spend for it.   I just say dont rely on it, to others who ask.  No need to tease if a person is anal about it.  Hats off to all who work hard for all advantages.  I use a few scent strategies but not to the level as some.  Personal choice.  What is next critical of gun calibers.

[rosscrazyelk]

This has always been something that has bothered me.  Between scent control and the uv wash I am not sure what to believe. a number of years back I bought into all this stuff and spent my money on everything . Until I met a guy named Bert In Canada, He owns a outfit up there.. Crazy dude , awsome hunter.. Anyway. He told me he gets these clients that always spray themselves with this stuff and he just laughs. He has showed his clients everytime it does not matter how much you spray when the wind is at your back they always got busted.
I stopped buying the crap years ago and I have been close enough to animals to slap them on the back, And thats without any of the scent eliminators.
Now I am sure if you sit in a stand and never break a sweat it might help, but if you cover ground like I do those prays are a waste of money.  Also maybe because I am getting older but the slower you move the more game you see..

[slayerofthesea]

If it worked as advertised, it'd be illegal in this state........nuff said ?

That being said, I am also anal about scent control......everything gets washed and sprayed and stored in tubs....I dont wear hunting clothes for anything but hunting.  Even boots get sprayed and stored and sprayed again each use......every article of clothing......

SPRAY DOWN OR STAY HOME.........

And on the personal level, all scent free soaps and deodorants DAILY......even tooth paste....

thats a waiste of time. i wash them once regualar then i wash them with no soap gets the sent out and i killed a buck right after school with a work pants and a sweatshirt smoke a camel and shot the deer at 45 yards.

[Cascade_fisher]

It sounds like there are two groups and we agree to disagree.

[PolarBear]

Yeah, it is usually the rifle hunters who call b.s. on the scent control stuff because they don't have to get within arms length to kill something.  Scent control does not mean a thing when you are hunting out of your truck or shooting at something 200 yards away.   

[slayerofthesea]

i hunt the MTs all the time and its a good 5 or 6 miles from any road.

[PolarBear]

Meh...

[slayerofthesea]

the longest shot i have made was 129yards. lol we dont have to shoot 300 yards lol well at last thats how it is were i hunt

[sirmissalot]

It's the guys who take the time and spend the money to use all the scent control stuff, then hop in their truck and drive to their spot that crack me up. I believe in some of the stuff to some extent, but still believe you have to plan on not stalking or calling in an animal that is down wind of you.

[PolarBear]

the longest shot i have made was 129yards. lol we dont have to shoot 300 yards lol well at last thats how it is were i hunt

Once again, you rifle hunters don't have to worry as much about scent.  129 yards?  I haven't made a shot with my bow over 30 yards (most well under 20 yards) in over 25 years.  That is what I am talking about scent control being critical especially on pressured, mature bucks at real close range, you know, close enough to where it can see you blink.

[BowForElk]

Put em in the freezer. It kills the bacteria molecules that causes the odor. 

[PolarBear]

I usually hunt late archery where the night time temps are in the teens or single digits.  I spray and hang my hunting clothes, boots and gear outside to freeze then bag them up in the morning before bringing them inside to thaw and warm.