T.R. Michels
New Member
Want to reduce odors while you hunt?
Here is what you can do.
It is bacteria on the skin that produces the odor associated with human perspiration. What scent elimination products and clothing are trying to do is eliminate at least that smell. Obviously the best way to do that is to eliminate the bacteria; and bacteria needs moisture to grow. So - to reduce human perspiration body odor:
1. Use antibacterial soaps and shampoo, (that don't smell) every time - before you hunt.
2. Use an antibacterial spray, gel or lotion that will kill re-growth bacteria (it will only take an hour or more for bacteria to regrow and start to smell), on your clothing, and/or on you body (in areas where it is most likely to grow [which are areas that contain moisture]) such as your armpits, butt, groin and head, and beard (if you have one). This includes Scent Killer (by Wildlife Research), Sport Wash and N O Dor (by Atsko/Sno-Seal), Scent Shield (by Robinson Laboratories)
3. Use an unscented antibacterial deodorant (to reduce any odors you do produce later on - after bacterial re-growth).
4. Wear moisture wicking underwear, such as polypropelene, Under Amror etc. To keep body moisture to a minimum (so bacterial growth is slowed down)
5. Wear clothing with antibacterials, such as triclosan, mycosan or silver, to kill re-growth bacteria (while you hunt). Clothing designed to kill bacteria, using mycosan, triclosan or silver, needs to be worn against the skin. This includes Contain, X-Scent and Eliminator.
6.You can make your clothes smell like the local surroundings by putting your clothes in a container, and throwing in leaves, needles or dirt form the area.
7. Do not wear your hunting clothes, boots, gloves or hat until you get out of your vehicle, or to the gas station or restaurant before you hunt, you may pick up scents that will spook the deer.
Activated carbon clothing (depending on how well it covers the entire surface of the fabric, and how thick a layer it is) can help to reduce human perspiration (and other) odors, but probably only for 1-4 hours after it is first put on. So why waste your money?
Clothing such as No-Trace and Eliminator (which both use cyclodextrin), can reduce odors all day long, and all you have to do is rinse it (no soap) in cool water to reactivate it. You can wear these clothes against your skin or not, but, if you wear a shirt, pants and hat of it - there is no need to buy an expensive jacket of it (unless the only jacket you have already smells).
Hope it helps.
May Yahweh-God bless you and yours,
T.R.
Here is what you can do.
It is bacteria on the skin that produces the odor associated with human perspiration. What scent elimination products and clothing are trying to do is eliminate at least that smell. Obviously the best way to do that is to eliminate the bacteria; and bacteria needs moisture to grow. So - to reduce human perspiration body odor:
1. Use antibacterial soaps and shampoo, (that don't smell) every time - before you hunt.
2. Use an antibacterial spray, gel or lotion that will kill re-growth bacteria (it will only take an hour or more for bacteria to regrow and start to smell), on your clothing, and/or on you body (in areas where it is most likely to grow [which are areas that contain moisture]) such as your armpits, butt, groin and head, and beard (if you have one). This includes Scent Killer (by Wildlife Research), Sport Wash and N O Dor (by Atsko/Sno-Seal), Scent Shield (by Robinson Laboratories)
3. Use an unscented antibacterial deodorant (to reduce any odors you do produce later on - after bacterial re-growth).
4. Wear moisture wicking underwear, such as polypropelene, Under Amror etc. To keep body moisture to a minimum (so bacterial growth is slowed down)
5. Wear clothing with antibacterials, such as triclosan, mycosan or silver, to kill re-growth bacteria (while you hunt). Clothing designed to kill bacteria, using mycosan, triclosan or silver, needs to be worn against the skin. This includes Contain, X-Scent and Eliminator.
6.You can make your clothes smell like the local surroundings by putting your clothes in a container, and throwing in leaves, needles or dirt form the area.
7. Do not wear your hunting clothes, boots, gloves or hat until you get out of your vehicle, or to the gas station or restaurant before you hunt, you may pick up scents that will spook the deer.
Activated carbon clothing (depending on how well it covers the entire surface of the fabric, and how thick a layer it is) can help to reduce human perspiration (and other) odors, but probably only for 1-4 hours after it is first put on. So why waste your money?
Clothing such as No-Trace and Eliminator (which both use cyclodextrin), can reduce odors all day long, and all you have to do is rinse it (no soap) in cool water to reactivate it. You can wear these clothes against your skin or not, but, if you wear a shirt, pants and hat of it - there is no need to buy an expensive jacket of it (unless the only jacket you have already smells).
Hope it helps.
May Yahweh-God bless you and yours,
T.R.
