Scent killers?

[elkoholic1]

u can  but every scent eliminator out there but if you dont watch the wind especially with elk,bear your hosed it all about watching your wind direction and circleing to get it in your face and out of theres..

[Cylvertip]

I'm with Bone on this one.  After a day in the backcountry there's nothing that you can do to stop the human scent from coming through.  All you can do from there on in is hunt smarter.  The only thing that I can guess is that OCD-guy is pulling our leg.  Nobody can do that much for more than one day and actually think it helps, but if he does, then DAMN!  Maybe he is able to get back to the camper each day for a shower...I know I sure can't, and I hunt out of a camper too.
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Not pulling anything. 

Never underestimate the ability of an Engineer to over think some thing...

I did not have much luck on my hunt for a big bull out on the coast/ Olympics.  But I did have a sow with two cubs walk in on me from down wind to 25 yards.  She finally turned around and walked off after she saw me in the middle of the logging road with my mountain bike.  She didn't like what she saw and just turned around and walked off the road.  This was a week into my time out in the field.   

I went through a gallon and a half of the "scent killer" and was on my third bottle of "dead down wind"  in 12 days out and about.

[EastWaViking]

After the first day in Wyoming... actually, the first hour  (90 degree temps) I forgot about the scent killers and depended on the wind to hide me. 
I got to say though that Primos silver xp is AMAZING stuff.  We sprayed it on the gas puddle left from the 4 wheelers in the back of the trailer, and the smell was instantly gone!  I topped off my 3 wheeler just before heading out one morning and got a drop of gas on my fingers.  I grabbed a Hunters Specialty wet wipe, and it did nothing, the gas smell was still there, I sprayed my hand with Primos and the smell was gone.  I won't buy anything else after that test.

[ICEMAN]

After the first day in Wyoming... actually, the first hour  (90 degree temps) I forgot about the scent killers and depended on the wind to hide me. 
I got to say though that Primos silver xp is AMAZING stuff.  We sprayed it on the gas puddle left from the 4 wheelers in the back of the trailer, and the smell was instantly gone!  I topped off my 3 wheeler just before heading out one morning and got a drop of gas on my fingers.  I grabbed a Hunters Specialty wet wipe, and it did nothing, the gas smell was still there, I sprayed my hand with Primos and the smell was gone.  I won't buy anything else after that test.

I find it is easier and cheaper to wipe your wet socks or soiled undies on your hands and over gas spills, as a cover scent. Try it!

[EastWaViking]

No thanks. I'll take your word for it!   

[River]

A bottle of blacktail doe estrus came open in my new BL monster pack last weekend.  I'm thinkin the bucks should love me down in Oregon this weekend.

[coldsteel3d]

Two years ago, along with last year I had to put my cigarette out to shoot my bull, this year I was smoking within half an hour of shooting my bull, work the wind and if the wind isn't working for you, back out till it does or you can get a better angle. 

[JackOfAllTrades]

Two years ago, along with last year I had to put my cigarette out to shoot my bull,

Several years ago I had a good Blacktail (for the area) come into my hand gun sights as I put my cig out..

At 15 feet.

The wind is your friend. Learn it well. Respect it. Cover scent is what's local to you. Hell, one day I stuffed a nice ripe pine cone in my pocket. I couldn't smell my own sweat. I lay down in the local vegitation quite often. It all mixes.

The cig is the extreme, but I've smelled bad breath on hunters from 80yds.  Ick! 

-Steve

[EastWaViking]

To each his own.   

The way I hunt early White Tail archery, (on the ground sitting a fence line, where deer can approach from any direction) anything less than total scent elimination would ruin the hunt.  Before I got serious about scent control deer would spook 80 yards down wind, now I some times have them within feet down wind and they don't know I exist.

During late season I still hunt, and then I of course hunt into the wind.

[ctwiggs1]

For some reason I just visualized a deer talking to another going "naah that smells like cigarette. No hunter would be stupid enough to light a cigarette when they're coming after us.  Let's check it out!"

[EastWaViking]

For some reason I just visualized a deer talking to another going "naah that smells like cigarette. No hunter would be stupid enough to light a cigarette when they're coming after us.  Let's check it out!"

 

[PolarBear]

I wash everything from my clothes, bedding, towels, gear etc in scent killer and keep them in a vacuum bag with some crushed fir needles. I also clean out my rig and spray the hell out of it with scent killer. I will not wear my hunting clothes anywhere other than in the woods. I change into them after I have driven to where I am going to start hiking and once again, spray the crap out of everything. I hike very slowly so as not to sweat. I'm probably the most anal person around when it comes to scent control. I also do not believe in cover scents other than crushed fir or pine needles, I even chew on fir or pine needles to keep my breath fresh.  Haaahhaaa..   If done right it pays off big time. I have had big bucks walk within 10 feet of me never knowing that I am there.  You can't always depend on the wind so you need to be ready. I bowhunt exclusively so I need to get as close as I can without being detected ( under 30 yards) and for a 6'-2" 280 lb tub of crap I need all the help that I can get. I prefer the Wildlife Research stuff but am going to try Primos Silver.  I am not impressed by Dead Down Wind.  I sprayed my head down with DDW and had my wife give it a whiff and she could still smell the "old man" smell.  I did it with WR and the smell went away instantly.  If you are road hunting or shooting at deer with a rifle at 75 yards plus, It really does not matter but when you are eye to eye with your game it does, the same goes with camo.