Hiding your human scent is one of the most important factors in successful deer hunting.

I am going to discuss the steps you need to make sure that your next hunt is scent free.

The first step to getting really clean and scent-free is taking care of the external portion of your body. Scent elimination starts with the body – internally.

Before your hunting trip you will need to shower with scent free soap and shampoo. Do not use any soap or shampoo that is not scent free.

Then, you need to use some scent free deodorant or just do not use any deodorant at all before your hunt.

In the sections below we will discuss covering scent on your clothing and hunting equipment.

Washing your clothes in a non-scented laundry detergent helps to eliminate all odors in your clothes. This concentrated, unscented detergent should be phosphate-free and contain no UV brighteners. After your clothes are washed you need to dry them. There are some dryer sheets on the market that will give you a scent that is normally found in the woods. After your clothes are dry you need to store them in a container of some kind to keep human scent locked out. Washing your clothing and storing them in scent free containers is one of the easiest and most important steps you can take in the process of scent elimination.

Now I want to talk about your hunting equipment.

You should use a scent free soap on your boots to wash them. You can store your boots with your hunting clothing in a scent free container. I always use a cover scent spray on the entire boot including the soles once I am ready to start my trek through the woods. Your tree stand and any other equipment you carry into the woods also needs to be scent free.

Finally, there is now an easy and extremely effective way to eliminate odor from your breath. The gumoflage scent elimination gum is a simple and easy gum to use that will eliminate your bad breath, smokers breath, and just plain scent emitted from your breath into the air.

Its not easy task to cover up all the human scent you carry with you, but the less noticeable your scent is, the more likely you will see good, quality deer.