• Less is more when it comes to odor in the field. We recommend that you don’t use any cover scents or attractants in the field because they open the door to a contaminated hunting area. Our scent-control concept is to keep as many foreign odors out of your location as humanly possible.
  • Your head and breath generate an estimated third of your human odor signature. This causes odor-eliminating headcovers to reach a saturation point faster than other products. To combat this, you must reactivate headcovers more often than jackets and pants. Or better yet, if you are going to be hunting for an extended period of time, purchase an additional headcover to swap out in case one is becoming saturated.
  • Resist the temptation to wear your Scent-Lok gear out of the field. Odors from exhaust, fires or restaurants can cut down on the amount of capacity available for your own human odor. Ensure that you dress in the field, upwind from your vehicle in order to achieve best results.
  • Practice makes perfect and to make that humane shot at the moment of truth you must be prepared. Practice shooting with a headcover on to ensure that your kisser button is properly anchored and you remain accurate. If you shoot with your mask down, make sure you can do it with one, fluid motion to not startle your trophy.
  • Opportunity is all around you when wearing Scent-Lok gear. Be sure to set your stand location in such a way that offers shooting lanes in a full 360°. Many times, due to the lack of odor in a hunting area, deer and other big game will come from unexpected directions; even upwind.
  • Common sense about scents. Knowing when to reactivate your Scent-Lok gear isn’t an exact science. Factors such as intense heat and humidity cause your body to produce more odor than a fair-weather hunter. Deer and other big game will provide clues through their behavior that should tell the experienced hunter it is time to reactivate. However, using the rule of thumb of every 40-50 hours of field use can be a general measure of how often to reactivate.
  • During the spring and early summer scent-control isn’t at the top of many hunter’s list of things to do. However, to get on that mature whitetail, from August on through the season a full regime of scent-control should be practiced. You want to give mature deer as little warning as possible of your presence. ~John Eberhard “Precision Bowhunting” www.deer-john.net