How to control your funky breath?

[johnnyv]

I've been wondering what you guys do when you get ready to go to your stand in the early morning and you've got MORNING BREATH!!?
Using toothpaste seems a good idea, but that "minty freshness" isn't a real natural smell. I wondered about baking soda? I have also read that Vanilla gum works well as a food or curiosity attractant for deer, but I can't find any vanilla gum. I think Wildlife Research or another company should make a deer hunter's toothpaste and mouthwash. What do you guys do?
John

 

[Big Timber]

Eat an apple or use baking soda, that is what I usually do. It seems a little funny at first when you get out of your truck/car at 4:30am and pull out the bag of baking soda, but the majority of your scent comes from your breath.

The apple is more tolerable than the soda, but if you do use the soda, make sure and bring some water to wash out with. I have made that mistake before, and about an hour into the hunt, I couldn't stop gagging from the cotton mouth.

I've heard that brushing your teeth with standard toothpaste works as well, killing the bad breath molecules, but I stick with the two mentioned above.

Good idea about the toothpaste, you should look into and patent it. You'd be surprised how easy that stuff would be to sell.

If all else fails, chew on some prairie grass. lol

BT

 

[scout]

Take along a 20 foot piece of PVC pipe with an elbow on one end to your stand and use it as a snorkel

Don't we have enough gimmic products pushed on us already?
Kill the bacteria with some mouth wash (brush), go hunting and try not to pant like a dog. Use your nostrils.

 

[Maggs]

Now now Scout. Didn't you get enough sleep yesterday? You should take advantage of this void in our hunting products assembly line and then we could be

up the profits! Maggs

 

[johnnyv]

I'm not sure if that is supposed to be as harsh as it comes across with the "eye rollin" and "flaming" graemlins, but if so I don't get the hostility. I merely asked a question that I felt was valid. I'm here to learn, don't flame me if you don't like the question, just don't reply.

 

[afterpy]

It's unfortunate to get comments that lend no redeeming values. Last year I used Hawgs Limited , Vanishing Hunter as a mouth wash. While it may have worked, the taste or effect was similar to that of baking soda. I used it when I first got up in the morning, definitley need to spit and rinse.I've pasted the link if you're interested. Good Luck.


http://www.hawgslimited.com

 

[203ntyp]

I also use Vanishing Hunter as a mouth wash. I've been using it for four years & had many close down wind encounters that never spooked deer.

 

[PYBucks]

I've always used unflavored Arm and Hammer toothpaste. It has to be better than straight baking soda.

But I don't think wintergreen and some of these other mint smells are all that unnatural either.

Tim

 

[johnnyv]

Thanks, The last few posts actually answered my question and gave useful advise. To those who answered seriously, I appreciate it! I'll try a combination of those things.

 

[scout]

My wife would agree that I can be hard on the emotions of others. I figure that is the nature of a female. Perhaps I'm a cross gender emotion stomper. Or It's a matter of how much weight you place on the graemlin symbols. To me they are like the silly little stickers my daughter puts on her book bag! To others they are taken far more serious. (Only Dr. Phil could tell you why)
How could breathing through your nose instead of your mouth not have redeeming value? It's so simple.
I just figured out how come the deer population is getting so high. We've made deer hunting as difficult as landing on Mars. We don't need most of the things we buy. We don't need a special mouthwash or tooth paste. But if we do I'd say Tinks 69 would be best! Don't take me to serious,it could offend you. I'm not out to upset anyone. Especially by using a bastardised version of a happy face!

 

[Bakes]

Afterpy & johnnyv,
Welcome to the site, you both need to relax a little bit, don't jump on some guys a$$ for having a little fun. You can tell season isn't far away tensions are running high on this site. By the way, I use Crest with Flouride protection because that's what my dentist recommends. Believe it or not Scout isn't the first person to mention breathing through your nostrils instead of your mouth, I have read this method several times in magazines.
"Go hunting next week and release the beast within"!

 

[johnnyv]

Look, Scout's response was full on smart a$$ and condescending. Those kinds of replies aren't helpful and they sure don't make people feel welcome to ask questions. In face to face conversation eye rolling in response to someone's question or statement generally implies the question/statement was stupid. I may be an a$$ at times but I am not stupid and don't appeciate the inference. Haven't we read and posted enough threads on helping new hunters get started to save our own future? Sarcasm and talking down to people isn't the way.
As for the nose vs. mouth breathing, it is a valid response. I've read that also, but I've also read many other articles, forums stating your breath is the most identifiable smell you give off and crucial to contain.
If there are 10 hunters having a discussion on "gimics" it's a safe bet that there will be 5 who love them and 5 who don't, neither group is wrong.
I didn't "jump on some guys a$$" I stated, I wasn't sure if it was meant the way I took it. Maybe instead of telling the guy who's offended to relax maybe the offender should "relax". Or is this another one of those forum "cliques" where the new guy is always wrong?

 

[OneCam]

OK guys - I hate to see this type of bickering over a simple misunderstanding.

first - johnnyv welcome to the site! It's great to have another whitetail addict to talk with.

I think this is a good opportunity for all of us on this conference - we have many members from all over Iowa and all over the US & Canada. Communication in any form especially written can be tough to interpret.

We know each other through the website and our interactions through posts - and everybody has a different way of writing a similiar message.

I know scout via the site - I read into his rolling of eyes

more as a joking with his own snorkel idea.
I guess what I'm trying to say is let's give everyone the benefit of the doubt more times than not a misunderstanding is caused by interpretation of a message & not the intention of the message and most of all let's refrane from bickering on the site.

Trust me when I say this - Iowawhitetail members are very mild mannered compared to some other message boards which is saying alot compared to the # of members we have and posts we make. And those that are considered trouble makers have been showed the door or have moved on.

OK enough of this PHS - let's harvest some does on Wednesday!

 

[vman]

Beside using toothpaste, I use a facemask made by scentlok. It goes up against your face and supposed to help. Course this takes us back to the ol, "does scentlok really work?" question. I know when I hit the woods this year Ill have that facemask on, and it will be sprayed down with the "Ghost" also

 

[scout]

johnnyv, I really did'nt intend to offend you and you are welcome here, as everyone is.
Here is the deal. In archery hunting whitetails attention to detail is everything, including odor control. I'm not suggesting your question is silly, but with 1 year of bow hunting experience I'll bet there are many many other things far more valid to concern yourself with then weather deer prefer Scope or Listerine. When I think of my first couple years bow hunting I shake my head and wonder what the hell was I thinking! I know of more than a couple smokers that have killed several big deer each. How bad can one mans breath be? It's not wrong to think of breath odor as a possible weak link in the chain to success, but I doubt a buck will lockup because it smelled your minty fresh breath. I still worry more about the big ones smelling the poop in my pants not my breath!

 

[GuidegunZ]

Just pick some alfalfa and chew it on the way to your stand.The deer will think your're one of them with alfalfa breath!

 

[Maggs]

One thing about this site. There are no cliques here! That is the main reason I can't get enough of this place. I know what you mean about the cliques and if you stick around you'll see that almost everyone on here is a great person you'd love to have a beer with and talk deer. You'll also learn that Scout can be the king of sarcasm and a fountain of knowledge at the same time. Welcome to Iowawhitetail. Maggs