Mastering scent control can increase your hunting confidence and allow you to focus more on the game itself. Unfortunately, however, many hunters still make common mistakes with scent management.

Some hunters opt not to wash or use scent eliminator sprays on their hunting clothes and will continue pumping gas, going to restaurants, and engaging in other activities while wearing their hunting attire despite all efforts at scent elimination. This defeats their efforts.

Wash Your Clothes

Scent control begins with having clean clothing and body. Wash all hunting attire – base layers to outer shells – using quality scent eliminating detergent before each hunt and use a scent eliminator spray to keep everything smelling fresh.

After washing your clothing, find an outdoor location where you can hang them to air dry – this will be more effective than using scent-free laundry sheets to dry your items in your dryer. It is particularly essential if you live near a fried chicken joint or pig farm.

After activating scent control clothing embedded with carbon, it should be stored in an airtight bin to prevent foreign odors from depleting its absorption capabilities of Carbon Alloy. Alternatively, try storing your clothing in a container filled with pine or cedar shavings in order to trap odors more effectively.

Hang Your Clothes

While you wait for your clothes to dry, put on some latex or nitrile gloves and hang them outside on a line safely away from pets and wildlife. Doing this lets them air out while also ridding themselves of odors caused by sweat or bacteria–an especially helpful strategy if you live near fast food restaurants or pig farms.

Once your clothes and gear have been cleaned and organized, ensure they’re stored in an odorless plastic bag or tote. Doing this may help them perform as efficiently as possible! For an alternative approach, cedar chips or pine needles could provide natural scents to help your clothing repel odor – another simple yet low-cost way of protecting itself against unpleasantries such as chemicals, food odors or even smoke – keeping them out of sight will also add natural scents that help the clothes repel odor better – providing natural scents while helping protect them against unpleasant chemicals, food odors or smoke – or you could store your gear alongside others without worrying about absorbing unpleasant odors from chemicals, food sources or sources nearby – these options could protect against chemical, food, cigarette smoke or any unpleasantness from other sources while helping maintain performance at best – giving your clothing the best chance at performing at its potential best potential!

Store Your Clothes

Serious hunters go the extra mile to keep themselves scent free, using soaps that eliminate scent and detergents that wash their clothes with scent-eliminating detergents for showering and laundering their clothes, but without proper storage their efforts could quickly unravel.

Hunters should store their hunting clothes and equipment in a plastic storage tote or scent-free bag to prevent unwanted odors and rodents from permeating the clothes they plan on using for hunting. When it comes to outdoor storage options such as garages or sheds, storage totes or scent-free bags provide better solutions.

Before hunting, many hunters use an ozone spray or clothing bag to treat their clothes with ozone and kill bacteria that causes body odor. Others might prefer spraying their clothing directly with an ozone-eliminating agent just before going hunting.

Wear Silver Fiber Clothing

Some hunters do not wish to put forth the effort and dedication required for scent control, and that is fine; but don’t disparage those who do make an effort. Simply store clothes properly, shower with scent-free soap and use an effective scent killer and you will see remarkable results.

Many manufacturers have recently developed garments infused with antimicrobials or silver fiber to keep you smelling fresh when in the woods. Primos offers their “Control Freak” series which features Polygiene’s EPA registered odor control technology to combat your sweat-induced stink.

Silver has long been recognized as an effective yet harmless bactericide, making it popular with Y Athletics and American pioneers during their westward treks. Pure silver in textile fabric helps inhibit sweat-causing bacteria growth while simultaneously sanitizing it without having to be washed off later or require reactivation.