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Kaiser878 said:
Everyone seems to have their own personal opinion. Some like to smoke, some dont. It works for some, it doesnt work for some others.

Here is my take on it. I have over 300 dollars in scent lock clothing. Clothing that was meant to keep my human odor in and was meant to smell like absolutely nothing. I dont really have any desire to make it smell like a raging forrest fire! I have been pretty serious about bowhunting for several years now. I have done a lot of trial and errors! THe thing that works the best for me and has always works the best for me has been to smell like nothing.

I have used earth scent wash, with matching dryer sheets, and scent wafers, and earth scent spray. From multiple different companies I may add. My success was pretty good, but not perfect. THe deer didnt know i Was a human, but still came in with their guard up trying to figure out what was going on. I have built oak, cherry, and maple fires in my back yard and have smoked the snot out of hunting clothes (not my scent lock). Had much of the same results, deer didnt know It was me, but still knew something foreign was in the woods!

I feel as if the method I use is what works best for me. I also feel as if I have mastered it over the years of trial and error. I have a very strict plan that I follow with all my clothes and hunting apparrel. It starts with keeping towels to dry off with after a no scent shower in a tote that have been washed with no scent soap. THere there are also regular street clothes that I wash with no scent soap and keep in a seperate tote for when I drive to the stand! I have experimented with almost every brand of no scent spray and soap you can get your hands on and have my set of favorites! I am confident that I can hunt deer and now matter what the wind decides to change to, I am not gonig to get winded. I havent been, and I feel as if I wont be. So long as I follow my typical strict routine.

Again it boils down to personal preference. I just know what works for me and what I am not gonig to change. I may change if it stops working, but I dont see that ever happening unless deer start figuring out a scientific way to find me via heat sensor. In which case no scent elimination will ever work!
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Cool! Glad all that works for you. You're right to each their own and what works best for them. Each person does it their own way, for instance Mrex has thousands in Scent lock clothing that's all smoked up.
 
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Jackalope said:
Cool! Glad all that works for you. You're right to each their own and what works best for them. Each person does it their own way, for instance Mrex has thousands in Scent lock clothing that's all smoked up.
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I smoke my scent-lok as well, I feel that the scent-lok keeps any human odor in, and the smoke fills in any of the gaps I may have missed in my scent free routine.

I agree Kaiser, you have your system and if it is working there is no need to change. I'm the same way with the scent free washed towels to dry off with as well as the jeans and sweatshirt washed in scent free that I store in my garage. I change from there and then put my scent lok on in the field.

I converted to smoking a few months after getting my scent-lok, so I guess I never really tested it to it's fullest potential before filling it full of hickory. Things seem to be working pretty well though. It's nice once you find the strategy/routine that works for you and then are able to stick with it. The repitition makes things go alot smoother that's for sure!
 
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Haha I dont think steve! ha I am anal about my clothes and once I find somethnig that works it is next to impossible for me to change. Even if I want to. haha I am like an 80 y/o man, set in my ways until proof of failure slaps me in the face! ha
 
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The smoker is my first venture in the scent control world. Not that much money, cheap to maintain, and I had deer from 7-70 yards for 2 hrs during my first hunt using it? Sold me.

Different strokes for different folks!
 
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rgecko23 said:
Zacks so anal, if you go hunting with him you have to give him your hunting clothes before you go so he can scent free them his way.....I know, hes a goof little guy...
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Haha And thats no lie! ha Hey man, its just the way the rules are! haha
 
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rgecko23 said:
Zacks so anal, if you go hunting with him you have to give him your hunting clothes before you go so he can scent free them his way.....I know, hes a goof little guy...
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Will he wash you back in the shower? When do i get my invite :(
 
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Cap't Ernie said:
Aww cheet he actually did just hint at an invite! I got a lotta back hair...
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I couldn't go to his place with all those monsters... I wouldn't be able to contain myself. I would have a ball giggling like a schoolgirl before smoking a 1.5 year old six point, just to see the look on his face... lol...
 
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Jackalope said:
I couldn't go to his place with all those monsters... I wouldn't be able to contain myself. I would have a ball giggling like a schoolgirl before smoking a 1.5 year old six point, just to see the look on his face... lol...
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hahaha Oh man that would get you in some serious shit! hahaha grabbing your ankles for something like that! hahaha
 
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Kaiser878 said:
hahaha Oh man that would get you in some serious shit! hahaha grabbing your ankles for something like that! hahaha
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Even if i acted all excited, did air fist pumps, and said in a whisper "That's the way you do it boys".. I just put the smack on a monster 6!! SHeeewwww... Man! I can't believe it.. HAHAHAAH.. Booyah.... Give me a second folks.


The Kaiser shows up... But! But! Kaiser! That's a monster 6!!! I yell as i haul ass running into the sunset... With Kaiser behind me with a big fuggin stick...
 
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BTW did that creepy hippie ever come up for his duck hunt he won at the first BEC raffle?
 
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Jackalope said:
Even if i acted all excited, did air fist pumps, and said in a whisper "That's the way you do it boys".. I just put the smack on a monster 6!! SHeeewwww... Man! I can't believe it.. HAHAHAAH.. Booyah.... Give me a second folks.


The Kaiser shows up... But! But! Kaiser! That's a monster 6!!! I yell as i haul ass running into the sunset... With Kaiser behind me with a big fuggin stick...
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hahaha

Big stick? I dont know if Id call it big, but I bet you couldnt whistle with it in your mouth! hahahahaha
 
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Kaiser878 said:
WHo the randinator???? No he stood me up! ha
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He was all excited when he won it.. I remember they called out the name.. He jumped up like WOOHOO.. and i turned to look who it was.. And thought to myself.. Man... That's going to be an experience for Kaiser. LOL
 
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Kaiser878 said:
hahaha

Big stick? I dont know if Id call it big, but I bet you couldnt whistle with it in your mouth! hahahahaha
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That wouldn't be good then.... My wife always said. "If something makes you giggle for more than 10 seconds, you're not allowed to do it!" . Maybe she was right...
 
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