How to Cover Your Scent While Hunting

“Baking soda, the same stuff that deodorizes the fridge, is the key to my scent-control system,” says Wisconsin’s Tom VanDoorn, who’s taken more than a dozen Pope and Young bucks. Here’s his routine: Take a soda shower. “The stuff can rub your skin raw if you use it straight,” cautions VanDoorn. “So mix a few tablespoons with some liquid no-scent soap. When I used to shower with straight unscented soap, I could always smell a little odor when I was finished. I can’t smell a thing when I mix in baking soda.” Make a soda-and-clothes lasagna. “Use baking soda like any other powdered detergent to wash your clothes. Dry them, lay a few items in a plastic tote, sprinkle a layer of soda on that, put in another layer of clothing, sprinkle more soda, and so on until the tote is full. Then place an open box of baking soda in with the clothes and seal the tote up.”
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The whitetail deer's nose is one of its strongest senses. Read out scent control for deer hunting tips to give yourself the advantage in the field.