Scent Control

As I have said before keeping your scent to a minimum is crucial while deer hunting. You can buy scent eliminator spray bottles at Walmart or just about any other store with a hunting section but there is a lot of other ways to go along with the constant process of keeping your scent to a minimum. In my opinion the most important key is yourself, when I say that I am referring to using the scent free body wash, soap, shampoo and deodorant. Your body and hair is a very difficult part of your scent to control. Next is keeping your hunting clothes in a scent free bag or storage container. I have a locking air tight container that stays in my truck during hunting season all the time, except for when I bring them home to wash them in scent free clothes soap. I don't wear my hunting clothes anywhere but in the woods during deer season. I also break up pine branches for some cover scent and put them in my container with my clothes. After you get the previous two down pat you're ready to go hunting and that is when the spray bottle from Walmart comes into play. It is imperative to make sure and spray down every bit of your clothes before and after you have put them on. I also spray some in my hair and kind of scrub it in as an extra precaution. Another important tool to use is a cover scent. Sounds kind of funny but I like to use raccoon pee. Now I don't put it in my hair or on my clothes but I do put it on my boots just as another precaution to make sure the deer don't pick up on my scent where I walked in. With all this being said nothing can eliminate 100% of your scent but if you can make yourself stick to this above and hunt with the wind in your favor it will increase your chances greatly.