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<blockquote data-quote="Alibiiv" data-source="post: 1637975" data-attributes="member: 69192"><p>No elk hunting/hunter here, I black bear hunt over bait, so the shots are close and sometimes a hunter can get up close and intimate with a bear. We are very scent conscious because of the closeness that we hunt. I don't have any affiliation with the company in any way, we use "<em>Dead Down Wind"</em> spray and soap, usually we are at an outfitter with showers, we even use the soap to shave and shampoo with it. We keep everything <u><em>"hunting"</em></u> in the same totes at all times; stored in them all year until the next season. Our rifles are kept in cases that have been and are sprayed before and after each trip out. Before we start the hunt we wash our clothes, hunting <em>as well as <u>around the camp clothe</u></em><u>s</u>, in Dead Down Wind <u><em>twice</em></u> and then dry them outside. Our hunting clothes and all of our gear have been in the same totes for years. We don't put our hunting clothes on until just before we leave for the hunt; and, when we get back from the hunt the first thing that we do spray the clothes then put "everything" back in the totes until we go out again. If totes are not an option, the large dry bags like the type used for kayaking/rafting would work. I have found that oftentimes hunters will forget their backpacks, hats, head nets, gilly suit, and gloves will attract and carry scents as well. I've seen the same hunter where the same hat for the entire week and never take it off, either hunting or around the camp. I've had bear within 10 feet of me and never knew that I was there. Was it the Dead Down Wind or not, I don't know but I have not been winded as of yet. I suspect that there are many scent blockers out there that will work<u><em> if a hunter is scent conscious</em></u> and <u><em>if the hunter takes the necessary precautions</em></u> to keep the "camp" scents off of their clothing and equipment; it certainly will not hurt if one does. Definitely playing the wind will help as well.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Alibiiv, post: 1637975, member: 69192"] No elk hunting/hunter here, I black bear hunt over bait, so the shots are close and sometimes a hunter can get up close and intimate with a bear. We are very scent conscious because of the closeness that we hunt. I don't have any affiliation with the company in any way, we use "[I]Dead Down Wind"[/I] spray and soap, usually we are at an outfitter with showers, we even use the soap to shave and shampoo with it. We keep everything [U][I]"hunting"[/I][/U] in the same totes at all times; stored in them all year until the next season. Our rifles are kept in cases that have been and are sprayed before and after each trip out. Before we start the hunt we wash our clothes, hunting [I]as well as [U]around the camp clothe[/U][/I][U]s[/U], in Dead Down Wind [U][I]twice[/I][/U] and then dry them outside. Our hunting clothes and all of our gear have been in the same totes for years. We don't put our hunting clothes on until just before we leave for the hunt; and, when we get back from the hunt the first thing that we do spray the clothes then put "everything" back in the totes until we go out again. If totes are not an option, the large dry bags like the type used for kayaking/rafting would work. I have found that oftentimes hunters will forget their backpacks, hats, head nets, gilly suit, and gloves will attract and carry scents as well. I've seen the same hunter where the same hat for the entire week and never take it off, either hunting or around the camp. I've had bear within 10 feet of me and never knew that I was there. Was it the Dead Down Wind or not, I don't know but I have not been winded as of yet. I suspect that there are many scent blockers out there that will work[U][I] if a hunter is scent conscious[/I][/U] and [U][I]if the hunter takes the necessary precautions[/I][/U] to keep the "camp" scents off of their clothing and equipment; it certainly will not hurt if one does. Definitely playing the wind will help as well. [/QUOTE]
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