Preparing your Camo.

[Whiskers4life]

I remember when I was still a youngin' growing up, my father used to take an old steel pot, like a 5 gallon pot, and fill it water and leaves....and put it on a flame to heat it up, just enough to settle the leaves, and make the water murky.....Then he would take his clothes, and stew them in it for a couple days.....And he also had another technique, he used to smoke his clothes also, I am just wondering if anyone has tried this and how well it works, I have no idea, I was just a newbie back then.....LoL.....

[Kutter]

I have heard of the "stewing" but have never tried it. I did used to store my camo in bags full of dried leaves or cedar. Never heard of the "smoking". Not sure what help it would do.

I don't worry to much about smells on me in the woods. First off, I hunt using the wind to my favor. Also, with plenty of cattle on the place I hunt, on the way to my blind, I step on a cow paddy or 2. They are used to that smell leaving trails throughout the woods. I got to remembering all the deer I have killed, awhile back. Wrote everything down cause my memories can't be trusted anymore. ( I wish I could put a smiley face after that remark, but it's getting to the point it aint funny anymore) Anyway, I noticed several patterns. Surprising me most was that well over half the deer I have shot, was while I had a smoke in my mouth at the time. Also, 3/4 were shot from the ground, even though I used tree stand more often than not. After seeing that pattern, I gave up on climbing those death traps and hunt now from a blind only. These ol bones don't make climbing easy anymore anyway. Next pattern was that 90% of does were killed in the evening hunt, while 90% of the bucks were right at daylight. I have adjusted my hunting times now to that. Buck season see me out only in the morning and I get to sleep in during our doe season.

Sorry for rambling on in your thread.

[Whiskers4life]

That is true, I have seen the mst deer on my way out in the morning, just before I climb my tree....but its like 3 in the morning when I start the walk on out.......I just recently bought a new rifle, just before the season opened last year, and I need to find a lighted Reticle scope for it, right now I have a Leupold 3x9x40 which is just fine firing through cover, but its even better looking across the feild.....My father also uses those earth Scents wafers.....Said hes had good luck on those too I guess.....So I dont know what to try this year.....maybe something new will pop I can try, I dont know....Thanx and great times....

[CatfishWEIRDO]

Anyone use ScentBlocker clothing and if so does it work well Havent used it yet just picked it up this year.

[coalminer78]

I've used Scentblocker it seems to work for me