Well, I got busted by a racoon and a doe last weekend. Not sure how actually, any way I ahve been wondering about baking soda. Years ago, we used to take a big sponge and "pat" baking soda on us, hair, clothes, boots etc. I rarely ever got winded. No with scent killers and cover scents etc, I do not think I do as well as the old days. I will go back to the simple stuff, jsut curious if others do likewise. Hang clothes out side under porch until time to hunt. Use baking soda to absorb any odd odors.
Bob.
I use a baking soda solution in a spray bottle before I go out. I wet down my boots and spritz the rest of me pretty generously.
Yup, its about as far as I go now. No more special soaps/detergents. Been down that road and didnt have any better results than early days with good old BS!
Works as good as anything else.
COOL!!! I didn't know that. I will try it this year.
I personally don't believe in scent killers, no scientific data to back it up, only because I have a friend that trains dogs for the police,drugs,cadavers,bombs ect. He once told me to think of it like this. You cook a pot of stew, to you when you walk in the house it smells like stew to a dog he smells the beef,potatoes,carrots all the spices ect. ect. I can only assume it's the same thing with deer or any other animal they will smell you and your scent killer. Best scent killer is the wind.
Its all I use now during hunting season , wash my clothes , use to shower with , and brush my teeth with .
It must work for Brittman, New bow: :thumbsup:
I've been "de-scentng" my wool for years. Put wool in bag with half box, shake and tumble,let sit 15 min then shake extra b-soda out of clothes. Seems to take alot of the storage odors out. Then hunt up-wind.........
I often wash my hunting clothes in it.
Always wash my hunting clothes with baking soda.
I just wash clothes in a "free" detergent with no scents, UV enhancers, etc. Line dry them. Then store them in a plastic bag with sage brush.
I wash all my hunting clothes in baking soda. I still get busted by deer down wind but I dont think any kind of cover or scent killer will solve that! I do it for those calm days. It gives me a little more confidence when deer get close.
It's all I use. Also have some in an old clean sock and powder myself with it when im dressing
TIM B
Its all I use now during hunting season , wash my clothes , use to shower with , and brush my teeth with .
Same as BRITTMAN
Redfeathers
i was my clothes in it and put it in my boots but to kill scent on my clothes on a daily basis i use the scent kill stuff autumn formula
Baking soda on clothes then air dry and put in airtight bags with baking soda sprinkled in the bag then I suck the air out of the bag with vacuum
I carry them out to woods and dress outside
My boots are washed with a baking soda water paste and only worn where I get out of vehicle to and from stands
Baking soda mixed with distilled water will keep a bear from finding your food pack, I am pretty sure that it will cover the smell of your foot prints, you can can spray it in your mouth and it may even do something about that godawful early morning halitosis. I know for us it works as well as scent shield.
Yeah, I use it in my homemade scent killer spray.
My dad and I have used baking soda for years before they had scent killer spray or other scent items. For cover scent we use vanilla flavoring.
Actually have had my best reults by storing hunting clothes in a garbage bag filled with ample amounts of baking soda. My clothes actually will poof little white clouds when quickly compressed.
Have wasted much money to the masters of marketing in the past. No more!! My old method was superior and still appears much more productive than the fancy scent lok suits.
A few large boxes of baking soda a season is not only 90% cheaper, but I am both confident and convinced that this is a more productive plan.
I have always used baking soda to wash my hunting clothes in...then hang em' outdoors to air dry.
Heck if the truth be known most of the scent killers on the market today are made of baking soda. Any of you ever get it on ur bows are binos it drys white. I haved used both with and without sucess but :thumbsup: :thumbsup: for the baking soda cause you get more for the money.
Don't forget to try "limb and pounding device" underarm deodorant with baking soda. Best scent free deodorant on the market. Much cheaper than the repackaged "Super Special Secret Formula Hunting" stuff. Works well on sweaty feet too, I am told.
A very good product for everyday use if you don't like the heavily perfumed deodorants on the market.
In my experience, straight baking soda works as well as the scent killers I have tried, but it tends to dry my skin out a little bit on an extended hunt.
I wash myself with Ivory soap, wash my clothes with Arm and Hammer scent free detergent with baking soda, air dry them, and store the in a garbage bag sprinkled with baking soda.
In my earlier years I only used baking soda; washed my clothes in it, stored my clothes in plastic bags with it, showered with it before a hunt. Then I fell for the commercial hype and used the same methods with the scent cover products. You can't beat using the wind, but I think I had better results when I used only the baking soda.
Dave
I hunt the animals upwind of me and don't worry about it. I used to get all stressed out about scent control then I realized there isn't a whole heck of a lot you can do to fool a deer's nose. An animal that can smell an acorn under 2' of snow can surely smell you regardless of how you try to cover it.
It depends on the area where I'm going to be bowhunting.
Example. I live in the piney woods of southeast Texas and this is where I do a lot of my bowhunting.
I take a plastic garbage bag and fill it 1/3 full with pine needles and oak leaves. Then I put my hunting clothes and foot apparel in the bag on top of the pine needles and oak leaves. Then, I put more pine needles and oak leaves on top of my clothes. Then I zip tie the bag shut.
After my clothes have been in the bag for a week, when I take the clothes (and foot apparel) out of the bag and wear said apparel, I smell like the forest floor.
This way; deer and feral hogs don't smell me.
I ALWAYS re-rinse my hunting clothing, underware and towels in a baking soda rinse. I have not tried using it on my body but my clothes smell like "fresh air" especially if I can hang them on the clothesline.
What would be the proper steps to washing your clothes with baking powder? Would you still use laundry soap? LAst few years I've been washing my clothes with regular laundry soap and then letting them hang on the line outside for several days. But I can get a faint scent of the soap, my neighbor's cigarete smoke...etc etc
Larry dont use detergent with the baking soda . I use about 1/4 box baking soda pour on clothes dry , run thru a normal hot or cold cycle , hang out to dry , store in trash bag . Simple but effective :thumbsup:
Thank you Brittman. Gonna wash my clothes tonight since it's raining here tonight and tomorrow.
QuoteOriginally posted by Recurve50 LBS:
[QB] What would be the proper steps to washing your clothes with baking powder? QB]
Larry, Be sure to use baking soda, not baking powder.
Gary
Still use it and its cheap
Yep,for many years
Baking soda absorbs odors...never use it. Just my opinion after 43 yrs of bowhunting.
I have for years always had several boxs of baking soda around the house and deer camp. You can use for medical reasons, brush teeth, always wash the hunting togs in it, and also I carry some in a zip lock bag, so if I sweat up on the way to the blind I can use under arms etc...
over the years I have also tried it all,and have
come to the conclusion that the only way to control our human odor is with the wind, there are products I am sure that help but I don't think it matters to the deer if he smells you or if he kinda smells you, he's gone.
QuoteOriginally posted by joe skipp:
Baking soda absorbs odors...never use it. Just my opinion after 43 yrs of bowhunting.
You don't even look 43 in that picture.
;)
cover yourself in doe urine....
kidding.
Baking soda works great. pour some in your boots as they dry from a previous days hunting as well. Seems to help kill that food odor.