baking soda and vanilla

[bowfanatik]

I found somewhere on internet
Baking soda and vanilla extract in distilled water , will kill human odor . And that guy using in bow hunting on ground ! Apparently vanilla have calming effect on deer . So ,what you guys think      

Or i will be like big  cake in wood :-)

[Shakes.602]

Dont know about the Baking Soda, but a few dots of Vanilla Extract on your Face and Neck will keep those Pesky "Dog P_cker" gnats out of your face and ears!!  

[K.S.TRAPPER]

I wash all my hunting cloths in baking soda and use the real vanilla from Mexico, you can by a large clear bottle of it for about $8 if you know of anybody that goes down there on trips. Sometimes it's even cheaper used to be $5 and the brown works fine too I put it into a spray bottle and have been doing this since the early 80's

Tracy

[freedomhunter]

I did not know this about vanilla, but the Baking soda does eliminate odor.  Think of the freezer baking soda boxes.  Also they make all kinds of soaps, toothpaste, and deodorants from it.  I use to shower with baking soda until I found it was cheaper to buy hunter soap at walmart.  

I also use Arm & Hammer odorless fragrance free laundry detergent instead of hunters detergent because of cost.

[Pat B]

I know deer are attracted to vanilla but if you are wearing it and the deer smalls the vanilla it will smell you.

[KSdan]

Cover-Up brand scent was made and sold by Russell Hull here in KS as early as the 70s.  It had a vanilla base and really was an amazing product  The product is now sold in MO- search "Cover-Up" on the internet. I also store my clothes in baking soda in a trash bag.  I shake up the bag and shake the clothes out before I go hunting.  To the human nose at least- it eliminates odors.

I have to laugh however- as the moment you put the clothes back on- they once again smell like me- a human!

Dan in KS

[RAU]

Vanilla is definetly an attractant. Could you be thinking of the homemade scent killer recipe that contains baking soda, peroxide, distilled water and a little Unscented soap?

[bowfanatik]

How will fox react on vanilla ? :-)

[Diamond Paul]

There used to be a commercial cover scent that did smell like vanilla.  I don't recall the brand name, but it smelled like you could put it in your cake mix and be good to go.  I have heard deer like vanilla; don't know if it's the smell or the taste, though.

[LBR]

Dan Fitzgerald marketed "Vanilla Killa"

[Diamond Paul]

That might be the one.  It was back in my wheelie days, so that's another century.

[nineworlds9]

They still make the vanilla aerosol spray, I saw some at Bass Pro.

[Rod in SC]

I use vanilla all the time. I spray on me and on the ground and foliage around my cameras to get deer to stop and give me a few pics.  Big bucks like it just as much as does.  Works great.

[fnshtr]

Anise is another natural deer attractant. My late brother always had some hard anise flavored candy with him while hunting.

[twowolvesarchery]

Just ordered a half case of coverup yesterday. My dad started selling it out of his archery shop in the early 80s and I have been using it ever since.

[RodL]

I tried the vanilla many times, it brought in many deer but will also attract any black bears you have in the area.

Rodney

[VA Bowbender]

Originally posted by LBR:
Dan Fitzgerald marketed "Vanilla Killa"

[Piratkey]

Hi all
I not understand wy you mix baking soda with vanilla, baking soda destroy odors so if you add vanilla,this is normaly destroy the vanilla odor,no ?    

[bowfanatik]

Originally posted by Piratkey:
Hi all
I not understand wy you mix baking soda with vanilla, baking soda destroy odors so if you add vanilla,this is normaly destroy the vanilla odor,no ?      

Yes ! I just tried yesterday , and you are right !


I will mix distilled water and vanilla

[overbo]

Had a local archery shop owner that mixed vanilla and Old spice after shave. Stuff worked pretty good.
I've had good luck w/ boiling acorns strain them and add vanilla as a cover sent. Easy to do and much cheaper than store bought stuff.