What is your secret way to trick elks nose

[vaz,,66]

Does any one use a sentluck type of closing? Does it work or there is no deference , just keep it fresh and clean

[Wanttohuntmore]

Work with the wind.  No matter what scentlok suit, cover sent, etc you use, the animal can tell something is not right.  You can't get the human scent out of your breath, no matter what gum you chew, etc...

[hughjorgan]

Move slow, know how thermals work and keep that wind in your face.

[rtspring]

you shoot him long before he has seen you or smells you...

Nothing hides human scent completely. They can claim all they want but you will never 100 percent get rid of human odor.

[Dan-o]

I have found that when I sneak around the woods in stealth mode I usually get busted by the elk.... no matter which way the wind blows.

Luckily for me, I can only do that for so long.   Then I just resume my walk in the woods without too much attention to detail.  I take a nature walk and enjoy the scenery and plenty often I end up with elk staring at me that I can shoot.   

I'm only half joking....   It's happened several times. 

[runamuk]

didnt someone on here wear flip flops and shorts  may have even used the cover scent of baby girl  I swear there was someone on here who elk hunted like that...maybe it was deer hunting....

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

    I just resume my walk in the woods without too much attention to detail.  I take a nature walk and enjoy the scenery and plenty often I end up with elk staring at me that I can shoot.

Sounds like a couple "Lucky" days I have had !
Seems when I get relaxed and into the rhythm..

[6x6in6]

Wind!
Anything else your playing the masking game with one of the best noses in the business.
Have to remember, if it does not smell exactly like the habitat or exactly like a friendly animal then it's different or prey and they are now in in alert mode.  Busted!!!

[HoofsandWings]

At the Puyallup sportsmans show seminar, the speaker said to eat nothing but uncooked vegetables for two weeks prior to hunting.
I plan to try it this fall.

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

At the Puyallup sportsmans show seminar, the speaker said to eat nothing but uncooked vegetables for two weeks prior to hunting.
I plan to try it this fall.

Don't know about the uncooked part, but several years ago I only ate vegetables (some eggs and cheese) for the month of August, took chlorophyll tablets for the last 2 weeks (was pooping green  ) and did my usual washing with odor free soap, myself with "moccasin Joe" and hung all my gear outside for a week.
I did kill an Elk that year (spike in Manastash), but not sure if it was due to my being scent free, or just my normal luck and mindset...
I am planning on doing it again this season just because I haven't gotten an elk for a few years... 

[ribka]

At the Puyallup sportsmans show seminar, the speaker said to eat nothing but uncooked vegetables for two weeks prior to hunting.
I plan to try it this fall.

I did that diet in the 80-90's while tree stand hunting whitetails. Most shots were under 20 yds. Was a fanatic about my scent and clothes and wore rubber boots and gloves while climbing to stand.

I had a lot of deer very close to me those years and seemed to make a difference. Who knows?

 Many times had deer bed down within my stand as close as 20 yds away.

Shot a lot of deer.

[Pathfinder101]

as has been stated on here sveral times already, nothing is going to actually cover your scent.  Not scentlok, not coverscent, not that spray-on stuff that smells like dirt; nothing. 
You are still going to sweat if you are moving, you are still going to breathe. 

Someone once told me that you can cover yourself in elk piss and stink to high heaven, but to an elk, you are just going to smell like some dude that got pissed on by an elk...

[vaz,,66]

Someone once told me that you can cover yourself in elk piss and stink to high heaven, but to an elk, you are just going to smell like some dude that got pissed on by an elk...

I like that, I think that is truth

[couesbitten]

 

[STIKNSTRINGBOW]

you can cover yourself in elk piss and stink to high heaven, but to an elk, you are just going to smell like some dude that got pissed on by an elk...

I was told "an Elk will hear you 3 times, see you twice, but only smell you once"
there really is no way to completely eliminate human scent, no matter what you do or use, in my opinion, the only thing you can do is reduce it.
An Elk smell in parts per million, and the stronger the scent, the more alarmed they will be, I believe you can get away with some scent getting to them in some situations (swirling winds where they cannot pinpoint direction is one) but usually figure to keep sideways to the wind when not particularly stalking an animal, in my face when stalking.
The reason for sideways is, in my experiences, Elk (and deer) seem to usually walk with the wind at their backs (so they smell whats behind them) and their eyes forward (why I used to always walk in on them looking at me  ), ears constantly moving.
If they hear you, they point their ears first, if they hear you again, they look at source of sound, then try to get downwind (this is when I have gotten "lucky")
If they smell you....