I am taking a poll what; do you use to hide your sent?

NJDiverDan · Sep 20, 2005

HOME MADE Scent elimination spray:

16 oz. (2 cups) Peroxide

16 oz. (2 cups) Distilled Water

1/4 cup baking soda

1 oz. On non-scented shampoo

mix it up, let it sit for a couple days.

Works great. Costs about 1-2 $$ per gallon.

-dan

mpemt24 · Sep 20, 2005

I will wash my clothes at the beginging of the season and as needed through out the season. I will always dry them outside. When I hunt I will usually spray some type of earth cover scent.

Usually I use the wind.

Plus I hunt along the Route 80 fence line and all you smell is exhaust fumes.

JerseyJim · Sep 20, 2005

Here in NJ I think your smell is much less of a factor then in the BIG WOODS states!!! The deer around here are very used to the smell of man!!!!

Scrubby rack buck · Sep 20, 2005

Outlaw its good to see I'm not the only one who will light up while in the tree. Like I said I have shot deer with a cigarette hanging from my mouth.

OutlawJT · Sep 20, 2005

Scrubby rack buck -

I found that having the cig hangin' out of my mouth while trying to aim makes my eyes tear too much from the smoke, screws up my contact lenses, and gives the deer too much advantage!!!!

I have a natural cigarette holder formed by part of the tree that I usually put the cig in until I'm done shooting!!!![cool][up]

OutlawJT · Sep 20, 2005

HOME MADE Scent elimination spray:

16 oz. (2 cups) Peroxide

16 oz. (2 cups) Distilled Water

1/4 cup baking soda

1 oz. On non-scented shampoo

mix it up, let it sit for a couple days.

Works great. Costs about 1-2 $$ per gallon.

-dan

Damn, sounds like something from the Uni-bomber, Timothy McVee, &/or the Anarchist's Cookbook!!!

Just add some fertilizer and you can "blow yourself up" into your treestand by stomping your foot and mixing the active ingredients or by rubbing your pants legs together to create the reaction/explosion!!!! [smirk]

Sales/marketing pitch: "...Cuts down on the climbing and physical exertion while getting you in the treestand faster than your buddies to put you on post before the rest - Git them deer that your buddies are pushing out to you while they are still setting up..."!!!

Shawnm · Sep 20, 2005

Shawnm, if your using carbon clean, then I'm asuming you have a scent-lok suit in which case you shouldn't use any cover scent or wafers because the suit will absorb these. If you don't have a carbon suit and are using the carbon cleaner than your wasting your money. Just use reg scent free det.

Jerseyhunter
I do have scent -lok & I put the scent wafers around me in the tree's .I do spray on my boot's

NJDiverDan · Sep 20, 2005

Outlaw,

not really, but if you really wanted something of the sorts, I am sure I could come up with something.

I am a chemist by trade, and actually work in fragrance technologies. This formula works really well, only thing better is a mixture of mono cupric citrate and mono zinc citrate, but they are not available over the counter, and kind of smell like a hand full of old pennies.

-dan

OutlawJT · Sep 20, 2005

NJDIVERDAN - Do you work for IFF?

NJDiverDan · Sep 20, 2005

No, but they are a suppiler that I work very closely with. I work for Colgate Palmolive

-dan

OutlawJT · Sep 20, 2005

NJDIVERDAN -

I know that "SILDENAFIL CITRATE" is the generic of Viagra.

To hell with cover scent, I'm gonna put my treestand up 38 feet like nightstalker911 and take a pill and "pole vault" into my treestand - no scent problems from that height!!!!

Scrubby rack buck · Sep 20, 2005

Outlaw I just kinda roll the cig to the left corner of my mouth My left eye is closed when I shoot so The couple of times it has happened I had no problem.

OutlawJT · Sep 20, 2005

I'VE GOTTA GIVE IT A TRY !!!

I KNEW THERE WAS A TRICK TO IT !!!

SEE THAT'S WHAT THIS SITE IS FOR, INFO. ON HOW TO...!!! HUNTER'S SHARING "SECRETS"!!![smirk][up][cool]

wojtowicza · Sep 20, 2005

i like to go out the night before and REAL drunk on beer. I use the nasty hungover smell as my scent cover...LOL

this is all a joke, some might actually beleive me.

Scrubby rack buck · Sep 20, 2005

woj you were kidding? I use the same method plus the glitter from the stripper that was giving me lap dances from the nigh before actually blinds the deer temporarily so I can get my shot..

nightstalker911 · Sep 20, 2005

To hell with cover scent, I'm gonna put my treestand up 38 feet like nightstalker911 and take a pill and "pole vault" into my treestand - no scent problems from that height!!!!

Hell, if you take one of those " little pills " and fall out of a tree it will probably be a 3 point landing

Matty · Sep 20, 2005

Hey Dan,
couple quick questions;

Does the homemade scent elimination spray eventually go bad or expire (you know like a shelf life--does it stop eliminating scent)?

I assume by the ingredients its safe to use on the skin. Although, it might cause minor irritation because of the baking soda right?

THANKS for the recipe Dan, I'll be sure to try it.
Its a heck of a LOT cheaper than buying the spray bottles all the time.

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NJDiverDan · Sep 20, 2005

Yes, it would eventually go bad, but I make it 1 quart at a time and use it up over a couple weeks. This is due to the break down of the peroxide H2O2 to H2O and free radical oxygen. This breakdown is accelerated by exposure to the sun.

Safe as spilling peroxide on your skin. There may be some irritation, especially to broken skin.

FYI, it leaves a fine coating of baking soda on everything, (whiteish powder) which is actually nice because the baking soda in its dry form is also a very good odor absorber.

-dan

230grain hollowpoint · Sep 21, 2005

Nobody answered my question about taking a dump in the woods or taking a leak when in your treestand.
Some say that deer are not effected by the odor of human waste some say they are. What do you guys think?

Also with regard to the comments about NJ deer being used to human scent. That is true in many areas in NJ,but not in the less populated areas. In places like DWGNRA or Waywayanda/Newark Watershed they are accustomed to human scent only near houses or other places frequented my the general public. However, deeper in the woods you better concern yourself with scent. In fact the deer in these areas are more wary in general making them more sporting to hunt than suburban deer.

230grain hollowpoint · Sep 21, 2005

I am not sure, but I think the non carbon scent spray is simply sodium hydroxide. Sodium hydroxide is an industrial chemical used to adjust the Ph level of water. It raises the Ph neutralizing the acid. The main scent that deer pick up from us is the odor of the amino acids in our perspiration. I think the sodium hydroxide neutralizes it.

I am taking a poll what; do you use to hide your sent?

NJDiverDan

mpemt24

JerseyJim

Scrubby rack buck

OutlawJT

OutlawJT

Shawnm

NJDiverDan

OutlawJT

NJDiverDan

OutlawJT

Scrubby rack buck

OutlawJT

wojtowicza

Scrubby rack buck

nightstalker911

Matty

NJDiverDan

230grain hollowpoint

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