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Been using Scent Away for years and it seems to work ok. Ive had my best luck with Fitzgerald Deer Dander as it actually stays in your cloths where as the HS seems to smell like Earth when wet but when dry it doesnt. However I cant see paying $14 for a 4oz bottle of Cover Scent. What do you guys personally use that actually stays in your clothes and eliminates scent? Anything with a decent sprayer and one that actually smells even after dried?

For cover scent VS1 ,deer herd.

I spray down with sent a way then a little doe pee on the boots hunt down wind as much as I can
keep clothes clean as best as I can.

stopped using it 10 years ago, just play the wind

I wash my cloths in scentaway clothing wash then use the dryer to get them mostly dry.
Set them out on the cloths line to let nature do it's thing.

While on the stand I play the wind & sometimes will use fresh earth scent wafers.

Don't use it either and hunt according to the wind.

QuoteOriginally posted by 2Blade:
Been using Scent Away for years and it seems to work ok. Ive had my best luck with Fitzgerald Deer Dander as it actually stays in your cloths where as the HS seems to smell like Earth when wet but when dry it doesnt. However I cant see paying $14 for a 4oz bottle of Cover Scent. What do you guys personally use that actually stays in your clothes and eliminates scent? Anything with a decent sprayer and one that actually smells even after dried?

Scent away is a scent reducer - not a cover scent.

Deer Dander is an attractant/curiousity scent - not a cover.

No such thing as a "cover" scent.
There is no way to hide one oder from a deer with another - they simply smell and process both.

I rely on the wind. I do take natural, local vegetation and use that....I am always crushing pine needles and rubbing them on my clothes, I smear pine pitch on my hat, boots. There is some low bush in my area, I have no idea what it is....Fred Asbell pointed it out to me. When you crush the leaves it has a strong, pleasant, peppery smell. I crush and rub those leaves all over. I have tried to make a tea out of them so I could use them a spray, but it didn't work out.

A product called Essence of Fall. I spray it in the plastic tub that I store my clothes in and they always smell like the woods.

Right Guard. Play the wind.

Smoke from a fire and play the wind. Smoke helps cover my scent if I rub against brush etc on the way to my stand.

I like Fall Blend.
That smell always calms me down...  My wife says I smell like dirt, so I guess it is working a little...

Final Step.  Cedar Scent.

ivory soap in the shower

Been using Jackies earth cover scent for years.  Buy a gallon every year @ the deer and turkey show.  Tried Nose Jammer this year and have had spectacular results. Not one deer has even stopped on the trail I walked in on.  Have had several dead downwind with no reaction at all.

I wash my clothes in scent away, then keep them in a duffle bag until I am going to my stand.  I do not wear them in the truck or house.  I grab the nearest cedar bush and swat my clothing, hat and boots.  Makes me smell like Christmas...   :thumbsup:  

Above all, hunt the wind.

God Bless,
Nathan

Based on earlier posts I've been thinking that I should be peeing on myself. Gotta watch that I don't get attacked though.

I don't use a cover scent. Most animals have the ability to smell much more then one thing at a time. Cover scent will not remove your odor.

Wow thanks for all the replies lots of good info here! I always play the wind no matter what I just like a scent on me for when I rub against brush or grass. I hunt alot of thick swamps and brush, it seemed to me I would be better off with some kind of scent on me rather then nothing at all?

I play the wind. When I use sents I have been using those waffer scents made by HS.

I skuff around in the sheep's pen before I walk into the woods.    :biglaugh:  

I really do.

Have had a coyote follow my trail right to the tree I was in (just missed him when he went into turbo boost as I drew and klonked a limb on a limb).

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I just keep as clean as I can.

QuoteOriginally posted by 2Blade:
Wow thanks for all the replies lots of good info here! I always play the wind no matter what I just like a scent on me for when I rub against brush or grass. I hunt alot of thick swamps and brush, it seemed to me I would be better off with some kind of scent on me rather then nothing at all?

I think if it gives you more confidence, then defintely go for it. Unless the scent is not found in your area, it sure can not hurt.

I shower using hunter specialties non scented soap, shampoo and conditioner; use deer in a herd cover scent and play the wind.  Ken

Wash clothes in baking soda,wash myself with unscented dove soap, use peroxide baking soda and distilled water mix as oder eliminator or reducer,play the wind and i boil down pine needles and other plants and tree leaves, strain them through a coffee filte (or chees cloth) and put in a spray bottle and spray myself silly. Boiling pine needles(at least an hour with 6 cups water) and letting the water reduce down concentrates it. You would be amazed at how well it works. Ceder needles and broken up bows(2-3" pieces work great as well. And always add fallen leaves or bows(cedar or pine depending on area I hunt)to my clothes storage bin.

I wash all my clothes in non scented soap, then store them in a tight plastic container.  For a cover scent I spray my boots with vanilla right before I leave my vehicle.  Two days ago I had a mature doe cross in front of me at six yards, then walked directly into my scent stream.  We had a strong wind that day, and I thought this is going to be interesting when she hits the current.  She didn't have a clue that I was around, and remained very calm.

Yesterday I had a large 10 pt. buck cross in front of me at eight yards.  Unfortunately, it was ten minutes before shooting light and I had to let him pass.  After going by me he walked directly on the path that I took to the treestand and remained totally calm.  Obviously, we need to play the wind to our advantage, but there are times when the deer are going to get downwind of you.  In those cases I think a little help from a good cover scent doesn't hurt you.

I agree Bernie thats one of the reasons I always spray down. The wind switches constantly where I hunt due to the up and down terriain. It doesnt always work but I think it helps. My Dad use to get Natures Essence which worked good.

I tried vanilla this year and every deer that walked into the scent buggerd out of the country like a scalded dog...

I usually just wash in no scent soap (Me and my clothes)and forget the scent stuff until the rut gets up and running...Then James Valley gets my business...

Happy hunting,
Jason

I don't use anything for a cover scent, but after three times this Fall where a doe hit my foot trail and was stopped from coming farther, I started spraying a couple "spritzes" of Deer Dander on my shoe soles.

Ironically, in many more trips out since then, I've had some close encounters, but never ONE time, that a deer walked where I had to see its reaction!

Any time I have ever used James Valley scents or anything, it has been the same story.  I don't know if any of it works for me, because no deer has ever been where they might smell it!  Either no deer sighting that day, or they came in the "wrong" way...

None    If the wind's wrong you're probably screwed any how.

I use a combination of Housecat and Cheap Coffee.  Seems to work alright.

Essence of Cow Paddy applied to boots.  Play the wind for certain.

I try to wash my hunting clothes in scent free detergent and I always air dry them, then keep them away from my other clothes.

I shower with no soap before going on the hunt, put on a scent free deodorant and that's it; I've found this helps a great deal, and first learned it from hikers long ago as a way to avoid mosquitos.  Mosquitos are a great indicator of whether you have a strong smell or not -- contrary to popular belief, they id targets by smell first then by heat (not by heat alone).  If you don't sit all day, always try to wash up before going back out (I find I start to sweat and smell by the afternoon if I don't, and the mosquitos attack); I find it works really well for me.

Ivory Soap and sagebrush.