Scent lok

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Scent lok does work, however you have to go the full 9 yards if you want it to be truly effective. This includes showering before each hunt, storing them in an air tight bag, and washing them regularly.

And most importantly youve got to play the wind. These suits do not work 100% but the extra "protection" you will get from it when Mr big gets downwind or a swirling current certainly justfies the $$ put forth for them. Any added advantage against a whitetails #1 source of defense is worth going the extra mile.

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Prior to wearing Scent Lok I always showered with scent eliminating shampoo and soap, used scent killing deodorant, and sprayed all of my clothes I was wearing with scent killer. I played the wind a smuch as possible, but like it or not, the wind shifts, and I seen PLENTY of whitetails and heard PLENTY of snorts.

I invested in my first Scent Lok suit at age 18 and I still follow the same pre-hunt scent elimination procedure. Since wearing the Scent Lok I have had ZERO deer wind me. I have had bucks and does, young and mature down wind of me feeding and even bedded for lengthy periods of time and they never even looked in my direction. The only time deer have busted me is if they caught me moving. Does my procedure eliminate every trace of human odor? Maybe, maybe not, but I do know that it eliminates enough that the amount given off in no way alarms the deer. For the record, I have the hat, gloves, face mask, jacket & pants, and I wear knee high rubber boots as well.

Do, I still play the wind? YES!!! Any archer that doesn't use every possible tool to his advantage is a fool. This being said, either the Scent Lok works, or all of the deer in the different counties I have hunted have grown stupid.

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I personnaly think its NOT worth the extra money for camo. Yep its worthless after a few outing if even that.

Read this before you buy and make you own mind up:

www.fastestbows.com/articles/corrigan/scent_suits.htm

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Now you can form your own opinion. Good Hunting

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Thank you very much! I was going to buy some but Ill just save my money now!

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There is no way I can dispute that the activated carbon in those garmets "work".

Activated Carbon WILL adsorb scent molecues.

This is a proven scienticfic fact.

However it does so at such a fantastic rate and so quickly, that it renders itself useless in a very short time.

So if the manufacturer does not keep the carbon in an air tight package, then by the time it hits the store shelves, its basically already "full" of scent.

OK, you say, "I will reactivated it"-right?

Wrong.

There is only ONE way to reactivate it, and you as a consumer can not do this reguardless of what they claim.

Activated Carbon requires an oxygen free environment at 1700*F to reactivate. This is the ONLY way it can be reactivated.

There is no partial reactivation of activated carbon.

Washing will only clog it more then scent molecues will and your home dryer can not even come close to that temp reguardless of washing or not.

Not even your home oven can reach those temps and who in their right mind would put clothes in a 500* F oven anyways, It would burn them.

1700* F would completely destroy any faberic the carbon was in for sure!!!

Activated Carbon is a one time use material.

The garmet after a few days is no better then your regualer camo.

So your paying twice if not three times the price for the same camo...

These the hard scientific facts of "Activated Carbon".

Now I will 100% back any type of Carbon spray.

It satisfies all the requirments of using Actived Carbon as a scent killer.

Its manufactured and packaged in a air tight container and is mainly for a one time use application. So "reactivation" is not an issue.

Not JMO, these are fact guys and gals.

Use it if you want but dont go out there thinking your invisable to a deers nose.

You aren't...

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my big thing about this article is that one cannot discount field testing as scientific data collecting

i am a science teacher and one way to see if something works is by direct observation

i would challenge some of the evidence and ask why discount field testing

just a thought

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Anybody notice the Arctic Shield symbol on the side of the page of the review? Sounds fishy to me that Arctic Shield is sponsoring a report done to prove that Scent-Lok and Scent Blocker doesn't work. Gees, I wonder if they're doing it to try and persuade consumers to buy their silver thread line of products that "stops bacteria before it starts".

Heck, since it's in writing, it must be true, right? If that's the case, I just read in the National Enquirer today that Rosie O'Donnel is pregant with an alien baby.

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I have taken plenty of animals without it.I bought a pair of their pants on sale for $20 at the end of the season last year at walmart.I'm not going to sink that much money into it.I wash my clothes in tide,and use Irish spring,then use some of that scent free soap.When I get out there I use carbon blast on everything.I don't pay attention to the wind.Here's a funny story.My friend was at a check station with a 6pt he took.He met a guy in full scentblocker camo.The guy was bragging how close he was to the deer,and how scentblocker is so great,he'd never seen deer as close before.And how it was worth the almost $200 he spent on it.His deer was 35 yds when he shot it.He asked my friend how close he was to his deer when he shot it.My friend replied 12ft high,and the deer was 15 steps away.He said he didn't have scentblocker.That guy just looked down,and cut the conversation off.I told him he probably hurt that guys feelings.So that's why I say stay clean,and have good cover,and you'll kill deer you don't really need scentblocker..unless you get a good deal on it,or just want it. grin.gif

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.My friend was at a check station with a 6pt he took.He met a guy in full scentblocker camo.The guy was bragging how close he was to the deer,and how scentblocker is so great,he'd never seen deer as close before.And how it was worth the almost $200 he spent on it.His deer was 35 yds when he shot it.He asked my friend how close he was to his deer when he shot it.My friend replied 12ft high,and the deer was 15 steps away.He said he didn't have scentblocker.That guy just looked down,and cut the conversation off. deal on it,or . grin.gif

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Aaaaa, I had a friend, who had a friend, that saw a friend,......

O.k., so a guy shot a doe at 35 yards and had his feelings hurt by your buddy because he shot a deer closer? Hmmmm, we all realize that a deer is going to go where it wants, regardless of what you are wearing. Your buddy's wandered past at a closer distance and he shot it. The "bragger" had one amble by at 35 yards and he shot it. Ever occur to you that he didn't give the deer a chance to get closer, he just took the first shot he was confident with? With all do respect, if I knew how to post the BS Flag on here, it would go up.

Also, NOWHERE, and I mean NOWHERE did you find a Scent Blok or Scent Lok anything for $20, unless you bought a hat, face mask or gloves maybe. Come to think of it, I can't recall seeing anything of that nature in Wal-Mart, and even if there was, you didn't get it for $20, GUARANTEED.

It amazes me how people who have never even tried the stuff are experts on how it works and what it does because of one fictitous article written buy a competitor.If you can't afford it or just don't want to buy it, that is totally understandable, not everyone can justify dumping out the kind of money needed for scent containment suits, but don't jump on the bashing wagon if you don't know what you're talking about.

Is personal hygene important, YES. But I can't tell you how many times I have REEKED walking back in to my treestand in the afternoon during a 90 degree day in October and was absolutely saturated in sweat once I got settled in to my treestand. Like I said, you do your thing, I'll do mine, I just KNOW that my deer sightings and encounters have gone WAY up since I started using Scent Lok and I have NEVER had anything wind me.

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Whatever...Have you ever heard of clearance?I also picked up some heavy shot for $7.Are you one of the "everybodys an experts"that darrin is refering too?I'm not bashing scent blocker.I bought the pants because mark down from $99 to $20 is a steal.I say if you clean yourself like mama taught you you can kill deer.The thing is this guy had been having deer blow at him for the past few years,and he bought this stuff,maybe it helped him,but I don't need it.Oh yeah,and no the other guy shot a spike.My point is you don't have to have it to kill deer.I DID buy a pair of pants AT wally world for 20 dollars.Do I really need to take a picture?I don't appreciate being called a Liar.I didn't come here for that,and if you knew me then you would understand that I'm not.And I'm not on a bandwagon....I kill deer without scentblocker,without a leupold,without a mathews,without a model 700,without tinks 69,without muzzys,so does it sound like I ride the wagon?

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Yeah, I've heard of clearance, and even on clearance anything made by Scent Lok or Scent Blocker is still at least $40. As for the Hevi Shot being marked down to $7, I even have a hard time believing that, but it's more believeable than marking a $100 item down to $20. As for me calling you a liar, that's fine that you are upset, but with all do respect, you didn't get Scent Lok pants for $20, so yes, I guess I am calling you a liar.

Am I a know it all? Not by any means, but I do have common sense and I know BS when I see it.

I understand that you kill deer without all this expensive equipment and such and such, I commend you for that and I do not argue about the fact that it can't be done. But at the same time, please do not claim something is hoopla when you have no experience with it.

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So I guess YB15 didn't get a pair of bino's marked off from 100 to 25 at walmart?You're hard headed.You might want to re-read my post I didn't say it was hoopla.I said you don't have to have it.Head on wall..head on wall...head on wall.I'm much better now. smirk.gifMy best friend moved here from altoona,he's just as hard headed as you,so I know I can't win an argument with someone from PA grin.gif I concede......

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They were arguing.I just put my 2 cents in that turned out to win the jackpot evidently.youngbuck 15 bought a pair of bushnell binos for 25 marked down from 100 at walmart,so why isn't it possible way down here in Ga that I couldn't get a similar deal on a different product.You know walmart pays pennys for their products,and even though I paid 20 for my frontier style...hardwoods green scentblocker pants,they still made a profit.They got marked down 6 times before I bought them(I peeled all the tags when I got home)My wife wouldn't let me pay 100 for them,so I promise they were $20.Like I said,you don't have to have them,but at that price I couldn't resist.Would you?

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Whatever...Have you ever heard of clearance?I also picked up some heavy shot for $7.Are you one of the "everybodys an experts"that darrin is refering too?I'm not bashing scent blocker.I bought the pants because mark down from $99 to $20 is a steal.I say if you clean yourself like mama taught you you can kill deer.The thing is this guy had been having deer blow at him for the past few years,and he bought this stuff,maybe it helped him,but I don't need it.Oh yeah,and no the other guy shot a spike.My point is you don't have to have it to kill deer.I DID buy a pair of pants AT wally world for 20 dollars.Do I really need to take a picture?I don't appreciate being called a Liar.I didn't come here for that,and if you knew me then you would understand that I'm not.And I'm not on a bandwagon....I kill deer without scentblocker,without a leupold,without a mathews,without a model 700,without tinks 69,without muzzys,so does it sound like I ride the wagon?

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Since when did Walmart ever start caring the carbon activated clothing - Scent Blocker..?

I have yet to see Scent lok or Scent Blocker at our local walmart, they do not deal with either one... confused.gif Nation wide every walmart sells the same items in particular, so i find it Ironic them carrying this particular clothing not to mention the "sale" you got on it.

About your friend with the guy he run into with Scent blocker...- you cannot base how well a product works off of ONE instance. There are sooo many other factors that come into play. I can garantee you the friend of yours was the type of guy who didnt shower before each hunt, store his clothes in air tight containers, dress in the field, or ever cared about any other scent prevention method other then him thinking "just because I got my scent lok suit Im good for everything." If hes this type then yes hes gonna have deer blowing at him, theres alot more that goes into making these suits effective. Of coarse a person is going to get close to deer without scent blocker, hech I can prove it myself. The thing is, you dont relize how MANY more deer would be closer if you went the full 9 yards.

One product cant be specifically "field tested" when there are many variables that come into play. I'm not going to even began, if I would I would be sitting here typing all night.

The bottom line is....Scent blocker or Scent lok is NOT 100% effective. But in order for it to be EFFECTIVE, you have to do it ALL. Yes I said that twice and it should be said twice because appearently not everyone understands it. If you say your doing good with what you do....then continue doing so but I will be using the scent prevention method and continue having better and MORE encounters against the whitetails #1 source of defense.

Jason

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I personnaly think its NOT worth the extra money for camo. Yep its worthless after a few outing if even that.

Read this before you buy and make you own mind up:

www.fastestbows.com/articles/corrigan/scent_suits.htm

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My feelings exactly.

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I read that article and I feel like they provided me with enough info that I'll stay with my regular cover scent.

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The bottom line is....Scent blocker or Scent lok is NOT 100% effective. But in order for it to be EFFECTIVE, you have to do it ALL. Yes I said that twice and it should be said twice because appearently not everyone understands it.

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I agree 100% bud. I shower with scent eliminating soap before each hunt, use scent eliminating deodorant and scent spray everything I am wearing as an under layer for the day. When I get to my spot, I put on my Scent Lok suit and everything gets sprayed again, including, tree stand, arrows, bow, EVERYTHING. I also have the Scent Lok hat, face mask and gloves, and I wear knee high rubber boots.

I did the same routine prior to buying a Scent Lok suit and I was still getting nabbed by deer. Since buying the suit however, I have been winded exactly ZERO times. Whether my process eliminates every trace of human odor or just enough that deer aren't alarmed I truly can't say, but I have had mature and young deer down wind of me for LONG periods of time that never even so much as looked towards me with caution. And no, I wasn't in a tree stand every time either.

Do you need it to kill animals? No, but it's just one more tool that I will gladly keep in my arsenal.

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IN REGARDS TO THE SCENT SUIT ARTICLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Anybody notice the Arctic Shield symbol on the side of the page of the review? Sounds fishy to me that Arctic Shield is sponsoring a report done to prove that Scent-Lok and Scent Blocker doesn't work. Gees, I wonder if they're doing it to try and persuade consumers to buy their silver thread line of products that "stops bacteria before it starts". This artcile hold as much worth to me as reading a Remington rifle review done by a Winchester employee that says the Remington rifle is a piece of junk and can't shoot worth a darn.

Heck, since it's in writing, it must be true, right? If that's the case, I just read in the National Enquirer today that Rosie O'Donnel is pregant with an alien baby.

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