Question on scent control
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From: Slider14
03-Dec-24
Hey guys, just doing some research on Ozonics! Who has used it or knows someone who has personal experience with it! Just wondering if it works! Not looking for opinions, just real life experience! Thanks guys
From: t-roy
03-Dec-24
PM Thornton….
From: Corax_latrans
03-Dec-24
Fire up the popcorn popper!
From: greg simon
03-Dec-24
Lately I've been using an Ozonics unit to keep down the smell of all the NoseJammer I'm spraying. It's been a real game changer.
From: stealthycat
03-Dec-24
elk hunting? I ignored scent control
no way can I stay even remotely scent free hiking and chasing elk, camping the mtns etc
From: Beendare
03-Dec-24
Assuming you are talking Elk from the header.....
What you will realize is that once you hit that steep section of trail there is no scent control option except to play the wind.
From: Slider14
03-Dec-24
I hunt a lot from a tree stand and have fairly consistent wind, and yes it’s for elk !
From: KHNC
04-Dec-24
In a blind, it may possibly make the tiniest hint of a difference. In a tree, i think no chance it does any good. However, I use ozonics in a scentlok bag for 25 mins to clean my hunting gear. That absolutely works!! Completely erases any trace of smell as far as my nose can tell.
From: wisconsinteacher
04-Dec-24
I used some gift cards to buy an ozonics for deer hunting out of blinds and tree stands. I used it often this year and had 3 different does get down wind of me this season. One was while in a blind on the ground and the others were from a tree stand. In all 3 cases, the does knew something wasn't right and tried to wind me. They stayed in the area for 2-5 minutes and eventually walked off without blowing or stomping. I always try to hunt the wind but in some spots, they do get behind me and in all 3 cases, I could have shot the deer but decided not to and they left the area without making a ton of noise like in the past. Was it the ozonics or just luck?? I will never know but I will keep using it.
From: drycreek
04-Dec-24
Me……using Ozonics ! ;-))
From: Slider14
04-Dec-24
I hunt a lot from a tree stand and have fairly consistent wind, and yes it’s for elk !
From: Darrell
04-Dec-24
Wisconsin Teacher, I had similar experiences this year but without any "scent control." I decided many, many years ago that scentlock, ozonics, and the like are just marketing. A deer's nose is 1,000 times more sensitive than ours. If you are downwind of them, they are going to smell you. Wind, however, isn't always (or ever) the straight line we think it is and on top of that, some deer get used to a certain amount of human scent and it doesn't bother them. Hence, the pic I have added is from a maple tree we were trying to protect by hanging a bar of Irish Spring in a burlap bag and you can see what some buck thought of that obviously human scent. :)
From: Swede
04-Dec-24
I have no experience with Ozonics, but have over 30 years' experience tree stand hunting elk. Scent control is important. Do what you reasonably can to limit your odor. Completely eliminating our odor is not possible, but the difference can be compared to being downwind from a single sardine can vs being down wind to a garbage dump.
From: Lee
04-Dec-24
Drop milkweed out of your tree - many times you can get away with murder on a sunny day as your scent rises due to thermals as the ground is heated up. Or get high and hunt close to the trail - scent blows straight over their backs. I drop it all day - it will open your eyes to thermals, perceived wind, etc. If you aren’t getting busted when you think they are directly downwind the milkweed will show you why. It’s doubtful it’s due to them actually getting a snootful of you. Their noses are just too good.
Lee
From: Swede
07-Dec-24
I use corn starch. You can stink like a goat in a low stand when the thermals are right.
From: Corax_latrans
07-Dec-24
Never heard of corn starch….
Hmmmm…..
From: Cheesehead Mike
14-Dec-24
Corn starch is not as light as milkweed and does indicate actual wind and thermals as well.
Darrell, I think you meant if you are "upwind" of them they are going to smell you...
From: Groundhunter
14-Dec-24
I use milkweed if I hunt hill country,, for tracking in the UP, Ontario etc, a simple Bic lighter, gives me enough wind info
From: spike78
14-Dec-24
Groundhunter yup I quit smoking but still carried the lighter in the woods as cigs were my windicators. Works great.
From: Dale06
14-Dec-24
I used Ozonics, two units in a blind in Alaska. In my opinion, it did not work.
