Human Scent Removal

I am thinking about using that TAG Body scent that attracts the women. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/blush.gif Who knows many it will drive those coyotes crazy. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif WOrst case female huntresses should be attacking me... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grinning-smiley-003.gif
 
Slagmaker has hit the nail on the head. Our hunting club recently had a professional dog trainer as a guest speaker. This guy trains scent dogs for the FBI and other special tactical teams. He also travels all over the world with his dogs to track bad guys. His speech was quite informative and the bottom line is that it is impossible to mask your scent, unless you stop breathing, and even then you'll be made by dogs.

His best example is the following: Imagine a wall painting and there are a multitude of colors to distract you from the red dot. The fact is that you will indeed home in on the red dot easily. He claims that in the nose department, dogs (and especially coyotes) can easily discern the different scents, especially the scent of man, regardless of masking scents, special clothing and pe-washing in various urines, biles and other animal stinky stuff.

My buddies and I just looked at each other in disbelief. We thought for sure all of the masking was worthwhile....NOT. He claims he can track bad guys in a car and follow scent trails on a highway. He has even used dogs to track human scent that is a month old or more.

I'm sold on this advice. The best way is to play the wind and don't let em' get downwind of you. I gotta go now, my dog just got into my rabbit urine stash again.
 
I don't use anything. I use regular scented shampoos, deodorant, soap, etc. I haven't noticed any difference in call ins from when I went to extreme measures to minimize my scent. I just decided that when a canine can smell cocaine sumberged in gasoline, that there ain't no foolin' that nose. And you're probably not going to fool any nose out there in the wild.

This was reinforced to me again a few weeks ago when out elk scouting. I was watching a small bull enter a large open draw from about 500 yards away. All was fine and he appeared calm until he crossed the path my son and I had walked on three hours earlier. He stopped cold, turned, and did that nervous nose in the air elk trot off into the nearest tree line. Coincidence? I think he smelled our lingering scent on the trail we walked in on. Impressive.

This "forget the wind, just hunt" noise is b.s., pure and simple. I counter that with "forget the gimmicks, just hunt". If they don't get down wind, they aren't smelling you, it's that simple.
 
A good cover scent that is easy to make is strip off some cedar put it in a pot of water then bring the water to a boil. Drain water and put it in a spray bottle.
 
I used to train German Shepard dogs for personal protection and tracking. Had some peripheral involvement with drug dogs and police sevice dogs..you cant mask your scent. People have tried to hide various narcotics in truckloads of garli or onions, and even packaged inside ground coffee..forget it. They smell *everything*, not like us..we only smell the strongest thing.

Good idea to study how the wind carries scent, and how its dispersed. Moisture helps dogs track too.

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