How do you keep your scent down when you're chasing animals in the backcountry? Seems like it is pretty tough as I have never hunted the backcountry, only scouted.
Scent Control
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Bitterroot Bulls
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scent control in the backcountry?
Keep the wind in your face, young grasshoppa.
If you have a bunch of money for something that likely doesn't do anything, you can use "scent killing spray" and all of that other stuff.
Keep the wind in your face, young grasshoppa.
If you have a bunch of money for something that likely doesn't do anything, you can use "scent killing spray" and all of that other stuff.
Muleys 24/7
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Yea, what BB said. I am always checking the wind with a little "windicator" bottle. I never hunt big game with out it, even the slightest breez will carry the powder and give you the wind direction.
CrimsonArrow
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Everything BB said, plus it helps to swab down with either scent-killing wipes, or any old baby wipes after a good climb.
RUTTIN
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Like was said before keep the wind in your face. I like to take a bath in a stream or lake, but it seems as more of a pick me up than anything. One thing that I am looking forward to is my Core4Element merino wool shirt, I wore this thing for a month chasing turkeys, and it still does not stink. I am sold on merino wool as a scent preventer, you are never going to get rid of all your human scent on a back country hunt, or any hunt for that matter.
buckbull
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sometimes I think whitetail hunters would buy and rub dog sh!t on themselves if one the "celebrity" hunters said he kills more deer by doing it.
Muleys 24/7
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They say a deer can smell way better than a blood hound...... with that being said, I belive all the sentkiller stuff is a waste of money. The wind is your friend, if you can use it right.
Muleys 24/7
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Colorado Cowboy
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Yep...all us big game hunters are known as being windy!!! Never used any of the stuff, I just smell like campfire smoke and sweat after a few days!!!
BKC
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I use the dead down wind concentrate packets and fill my spray bottle up with creek water so I don't have to worry about carrying a bunch of bottles with me. A little tip, unscrew the sprayer off the top of the bottle and empty it by spraying whatever is in the vertical tube, when temps freeze overnight your sprayer will still work in the morning. Now that being said, I also use horses a lot to hunt and there is not enough scent spray on this planet to get rid of the smell of a sweaty horse, do the best you can and always use the wind.
packer58
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Lets see.....I'm not sure if this point has been touched on yet but 
........Wind in your face is the only scent control that is 100% effective 100% of the time and it doesn't cost you anything other than a little planning.
........Wind in your face is the only scent control that is 100% effective 100% of the time and it doesn't cost you anything other than a little planning.
Sometimes the wind swirls fellas... I always use the wind as a main plan but it helps to have that just in case.
mthuntress
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Drhorsepower
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All while using the wind and smoke in a bottle I will usually find a good sage bush strip down and rub the sage in my hands and hit the rank spots than take my shirt lay it over the bush and smash as much sage as possible into the shirt and the same with the pants. Sage is some pretty smelly stuff once you break the small leaves up. And it's a natural scent. This all may be a mental confidence thing that works for me so take it for what it's worth.
Bitterroot Bulls
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nvarcher,
If you want to keep using it, that is fine. I don't think it hurts anywhere but the wallet. I have swam in the stuff myself, and let me tell you, when the wind "swirls," you are screwed.
packer58
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Lets see.....I'm sure my math is not technically correct but you get the idea. A deers nose can detect odor molecules at a rate of one part per million..........So, cover scents or the so called scent eleminators or even carbon must totaly mask, destroy or incapsulate 100 % of your human odor. I'm not saying the science behind these products are bad, i'm just saying there is NO WAY to totally eliminate human scent.
Muleys 24/7
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Drhorsepower
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