buffett1 Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 I emailed Scent Blocker the other day to ask about the new White Lightning spray and they said that it absorbs the odors on your clothes and equipment while the cover scent just conceals them. What do you guys think. Is it better to cover the scent or try to absorb it when hunting? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunterfisherman Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Re: Cover scent vs. Carbon Spray I would rather try to get rid of it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaskMan Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Re: Cover scent vs. Carbon Spray I'd also say get rid of the scent, don't try cover it up. Take some cologne, try cover it up with some air freshener, you still have stink. Get rid of the smell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrotherBadger Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Re: Cover scent vs. Carbon Spray Get rid of the small all together if you can. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AdvantageTimberLou Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Re: Cover scent vs. Carbon Spray I like to get rid of it first, hate trying to cover up something that you might never get fully covered! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Re: Cover scent vs. Carbon Spray Get rid of it. You cannot cover up an odor until that odor is removed. You can kind of make the odor blend better by trying to cover it up, but it will still be there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FSU_Seminole Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Re: Cover scent vs. Carbon Spray If you want to, do both. Use the carbon spray on your clothes & boots. Then at the base of your stand place 1 scent wick of coon urine there & you should be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTbowman Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Re: Cover scent vs. Carbon Spray Depends on what your tryign to cover up with a stronger scent. You figure a hunter "should" be clean, showered and teeth brushed; and clothing as clean and scent free as possible. Then you add a scent that is purposely 100x stronger then it would be naturally. I think its more like scent:air saturation to a deers nose. They will smell the cover up scent far better, stronger, and further away then any human scent a hunter generates while walking out, climbing, or whatever. Besides all the scent elimination products out there do not take care of your breathing and other skin exposed (face, eyes, etc...) I am wary of any product that claims to "absorb" or "adsorb" any scent and "eliminate it" for that matter. Where does it go? Does it disappear? Its still there just covered, or adheared to, whatever it is IMHO. Kinda like that household product Fra-breeze (sp). JMO Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffett1 Posted September 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Re: Cover scent vs. Carbon Spray Let me rephrase the question. When you hunt, do you A.) Use a cover spray such as a fall blend or B.) Use these products like Carbon Blast and White Lightning? I don't have a specific odor I am trying to get rid of, it was more of a general question. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTbowman Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Re: Cover scent vs. Carbon Spray I got with niether to be honest. Sorry for being off topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atthewall Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Re: Cover scent vs. Carbon Spray I use a cover scent. I lean toward a 50/50 mix of Vanilla and Water to do so. The whitetail smell the vanilla but it does not alert them at all here in Texas. Guys started using vanilla/water combinations deep in South Texas during the late 70s. These same hunters were bow hunters and during that period, many used a ghilly style home made suit to setup with via natural ground blinds (pre tent blinds). This part of Texas is low brush so going high was impossible including tripods. You can only go roughly 8ft off the ground before you skylight yourself with the available brush/tree cover. Hunters there would wipe down with rubbing alcohol which evaporates quickly and removes oil and dirt from the skin with literally no residual smell. After that, they sprayed down with vanilla on bare skin. Their camo clothing was sprayed down as well and the scent of vanilla would stay with the water evaporating away. Exposed skin on the blind is periodically sprayed down with vanilla and it's scent is sweet and non threatening to Texas whitetail. I also lean toward highly aromatic vegetation in the hunting area and typically pile this up down wind of my blind. Prickly pear cactus, when freshly cut, will provide a very strong cover scent. Cedar branches, pine branches etc. also make a great cover scent. Some folks go as far as muching these materials and dumping them around their stand. Over time these smells become normal in hot stand locations. On property that has cattle, I've been known to fill a plastic bucket with cow manure and dump this stuff around my stand location. I will use rubber boots, tuck my pants in and stomp on fresh mud pies and walk in. I shot a P&Y in South Texas, dead down wind at 21 yards one early morning simply using a lot of cow manure between me and my game trail. I didn't even need to use a cover scent...cow pie was fresh and strong and very overpowering. Ground blinds such as tent blinds and such, I typically set them up a month before the season after scouting. I brush them in with brush that is highly aromatic. Throughout the season I freshen up my brush with fresh cuttings to keep that smell strong. I also open one window with two max and leave all the other windows closed. I will pile dirt up along the edges of my tent blind inside and outside to seal the edges and cut off air. I will then bring fresh conifer (cedar) into the blind and periodically tear this material up with my bare hands. The smell of cedar gets so strong inside the tent blind it over rides any of my scent which is controlled by one or two windows on my shooting side. I've had deer downwind many times at 10ft that never knew I was there. When I first set my tent blind, I spray it all down inside and outside with a vanilla/water mixture. After season it gets pulled down and sealed. Before setup, it goes out for a week and airs out. I water it down inside and outside and let it dry. Off it goes to setup and brush with vanilla/water a month out of use. Here's a video frame capture of a pair of bucks standing outside my brushed in tent blind. The mature 8 pointer to the immediate front was literally 8 yards away. This location was down in a river bottom with a swirling wind mixed with heavy oaks and cedar along the bottom. This area had extremely swirling winds and if I hadn't done this, they would have busted me easily. I had so much cedar inside my blind and brushed up on the outside they never scented me. The wide buck in the background went down after a 21 yard shot (24 inches inside P&Y 9 pointer). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnf Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Re: Cover scent vs. Carbon Spray Which would you rather walk into, a bathroom after buckee had sprayed some nice pine air freshener, or a bathroom with a really good exaust fan? Get rid of the stink first then put a cover scent on if you must. Sorry buckee :grin not really Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeafWiper Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 Re: Cover scent vs. Carbon Spray LOL. johnf. That is a very good way to look at it! i like that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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