Smoking your cloths for scent control

[Buzzgun]

Or the deer may just think "here comes that guy that smells like smoke"!

A deer's life depends on its nose, either to find enough food to survive, find a mate or to stay safe from predators, I don't think they have a problem knowing what they are smelling for??

[doctorjj]

No such thing Doc
But if it was possible then ya

Correct. But less scent is second best.

[AllOut]

Or the deer may just think "here comes that guy that smells like smoke"!

A deer's life depends on its nose, either to find enough food to survive, find a mate or to stay safe from predators, I don't think they have a problem knowing what they are smelling for??

I though about that when I first started smoking down...
Its a strong smell that's noticeable (eventhough natural), I made it a point to do what ever possible to not get busted. I figured if they saw me and smelled smoke enough times they would put 2 and 2 together. I've never noticed it actually happening but it always in the back of my mind.
However I have noticed it work very well on a group of doe that winded my buddy every time he got in the stand.

[AllOut]

Correct. But less scent is second best.

How so?
It only takes one tiny molecule of human scent for a deer to pick up on you
Doesn't matter if your stinking nasty or just took a scent free shower your still putting off enough scent for a deer to smell. There is no full proof way and most don't work for crap. I've used sprays, silver, scent lock cloths and gone completely OCD on scent control and still got winded. I also had a buck pick me off last year using smoke. The best way is to play the wind but that isn't so easy all the time either. Out of all the stuff I've used and tried, smoking down has by far showed to be the best thing I've tried. I didn't believe it either when I first heard about it, I thought the same thing you did. I'm supposed to be scent free, why would I add scent and such a strong smelling one at that.

[AllOut]

Here is a little more of an explanation...

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The Scent Smoker uses the most basic tool known to the earliest hunters to mask human scent - smoke.* More specifically, hardwood smoke.** Smoke is a very common scent in the wild.*** From a forest fire in the Rocky Mountains, to wood-burning farmstead in the midwest, smoke is omnipresent and does not spook game.** It is a naturally occuring fragrance, as common as wood itself.

Hardwood smoke not only has a strong, lingering fragrance, it is full of bacteria killing anti-microbials.** More specifically Phenol (commonly known as carbolic acid, the first anti-septic).* In fact, there are over 20 phenolic compounds present in hardwood smoke.** This is why smoke has been used for hundreds of years to preserve meat.** By "smoking" meat, the outer 1/8 inch of the meat's surface is protected from bacterial growth, and is therefore preserved from invading bacteria.

Lignin is the real magic of hardwood smoke.** It is the "sticky" substance that causes the smell of smoke to adhere to clothing and skin.*** The antimicrobial phenolic compounds are present in the lignin, and therefore adhere to garments, skin and equipment, thus killng odor causing bacteria and eliminating game spooking human odor.

To beat prey-species' sense of smell, it is imperative to kill the odor causing bacteria.** The phenolic compounds found in wood smoke do this.** In addition to killing bacteria, smoke is an over-whelming smell that will effectively cover other non-bacteria related odors, such as common laundry detergents, etc.*** For best results however, it is best to use common baking soda or other non-scented detergents, soaps, and personal hygene products.

Smoke has been used for centuries in bee handling.** Smoke works as a pheromone blocker, and keeps bees from attacking en mase`.*** It could work in a similar fashion in the hunter/prey relationship, but more research is needed to say for certain.

Regardless of whether it is the anti-bacterial properties,* pheromone blocking agents, or simply the over whelming cover scent of smoke that makes it so effective, the fact remains hardwood smoke enables knowledgeable hunters to beat prey species' nose, and that is our main concern!

http://www.scentsmoker.com/

[doctorjj]

How so?
It only takes one tiny molecule of human scent for a deer to pick up on you
Doesn't matter if your stinking nasty or just took a scent free shower your still putting off enough scent for a deer to smell. There is no full proof way and most don't work for crap. I've used sprays, silver, scent lock cloths and gone completely OCD on scent control and still got winded. I also had a buck pick me off last year using smoke. The best way is to play the wind but that isn't so easy all the time either. Out of all the stuff I've used and tried, smoking down has by far showed to be the best thing I've tried. I didn't believe it either when I first heard about it, I thought the same thing you did. I'm supposed to be scent free, why would I add scent and such a strong smelling one at that.

You just proved it yourself. If it just takes one molecule, then less molecules is better. Less chance of one of those molecules entering the deer's nose.

[AllOut]

One molecule of human scent...
If smoke can kill human scent causing bacteria and help keep it from forming plus provide a strong over bearing natural cover scent (which none of that can be done with commercial stuff) then why not use it?
Yes, less scent is best... Less human scent that is.