Will these carbon suits sork ............ YES they will.Corvus wrote:Believe me, if I thought that carbon-lined clothes were effective at scent control, I would buy them too. Eat some baked beans, put your suit on and pass gas near your wife. I bet that the suit won't contain your scent well enough to fool even a lowly human's nose.TPM wrote:Go ahead and "hunt the wind" but I'll continue to take it one step further and practice at least some level of scent control.
Are they the end all to all scent control problems .......... NO they are not.
Will they ELIMINATE your scent ................. NO they only help control it.
Remember that most of your scent comes from your breath. As well as what Corvus said ....... JUST PASS GAS to see how effective any scent control products are.
If you really want to test your scent control, here is a test I did a long time ago (i have posted it here before too).
Anyone can do this exact test if they have a dog. Get dressed like you would be going hunting, then go into the woods. Have someone else take your dog in to look for you. If the dog likes you it will come to you as soon as it smells you. This test can be done even without the carbon suits to just give you an idea of how much scent you actually eliminate with your precautions.
Belive me that you will not eliminate as much as you think you do. But then that is half the battle right, believing in your chances and setup. I am not saying that scent control is not worth it, just that you should not go over board and trust it too much.
Use the scent control to aid in your playing the wind.
In my test, my dog (a beagle) picked up my scent, but not as quickly as he normally did (without scentloc). You see I would use this test as a game (many many time) with my dog, right from a pup as a training tool. HE also had a great nose, but he had to work to pin point me at about 30 yards, but without the suit, he would get me much faster and further. Trouble is, with deer, with the human scent, it is dander and they normally just flee.
Just my take on scent control.