Scent expert explains how to keep deer from smelling you - research on scent control products!

Tom Brownlee, a nationally renowned canine instructor and scent expert is BACK on the show this week! We did a deep dive into the science behind scent, subjects include:
The kind of scent you leave that deer can detect for MONTHS and how to avoid it
How your scent falls off you and moves around the environment
Scent dispersion in open ground vs cover
Can water access mask your scent?
Are ozone generators useful for hunting?
How your scent clings to vegetation
Cover scents
The best way to avoid leaving ground scent that will alert deer
and MUCH more!
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[@TheArrowsEdge]

Clothing is for comfort, scent control is for us, playing the wind is for hunting 👊 - being confident in your gear is what pushes you through those high pressure moments.

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

Excellent statement

[@jacobpatterson2032]

So the deer are more likley smelling the little debbies of my breath compared to the scent coming off my body? I'm tossing little debbies in the woods so they get use to that scent lol

[@timburke2785]

Great conversation. My experience shows a deer can use their nose as a rangefinder. So I think it is important to minimize your scent signature in order to make the deer think you are farther away and less a threat, especially bow hunting when you need to get close. My bird dog also taught me he could use the scent cone to find the bird and get within feet before going on point.

[@magnum15917]

I totally agree in minimizes your sent signature tricking the deer that it’s been a while since you walked by giving him more confidence to come in/keep him in the area

[@shoothuntride9456]

One of the best podcasts I’ve heard. Confirms much of what I thought but gave the explanation for it, corrected a couple things I thought were true, and introduced me to a lot of new information. Nice job!

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

@@shoothuntride9456 we are glad you enjoyed it! Check out the first episode we did with Tom which is episode 315. Thanks for watching!

[@joelkrystof5877]

Great show and awesome guest

[@travisshuttleworth630]

So I need to get a full body wet suit and a full faced respirator with a self-contained breathing apparatus? Think thatd work!?

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

Please don’t do that 🤣

[@504daron]

Hey would be GREAT if ya'll had Chapter Markers on topics throughout the video thx for great stuff!

[@MColtOutdoors]

I use my own philosophy ..... if the wind is blowing from my body to the deer's nose, I'm busted. I use bug spray and wear blue jeans, pump gas, and hunt straight after work. Good luck to everyone this upcoming season!

[@GulfCoastin]

So basically we need some corn flavored chewing gum😂😂😂😂

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

It’s not the breath through your mouth but your breath through your nose. No way to mitigate that unless you were un-alive 😅

[@GulfCoastin]

@@thesouthernoutdoorsmen I know, just making a funny 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️ must’ve not been a good one 😂😂 need corn flavored cocai…. Never mind

[@user-qn7qg4vz5p]

@@GulfCoastin😂😂😂😂 best comment yet

[@davetoms63]

Simple, stay downwind.... has worked for centuries

[@jacobmyers6479]

Yes sir!

[@curtismerriman9956]

Very cool video

[@Derrek4Real]

Most ppl don't know where deer bed let alone even know where they feed or travel. 😂 don't give any more simple secrets.. 😂😢😅

[@Im.hurtnLinda]

Come hunt the hills in Jackson County and try to stay down wind

[@Derrek4Real]

​@Im.hurtnLinda ok what state? I hunt Allegheny national forest bro.. it's all different but the same. Either u kill deer or u don't... I do it all lol haha 🤣

[@tbur42]

This affirms what I’ve personally experienced while hunting. I’ll keep hunting down wind or off wind. Take extra time to consider where the deer are coming from(scout) and do your best to not walk where you expect them to walk. Only exception I’ve seen in the woods is a rut crazed buck not caring as much about my scent. Learned to not waste time at a spot if I’m not confident about where my scent is going.

[@theMobileHuntersEXPO]

Another great episode boys.

[@stanleybuck4195]

Outstanding presentation by an expert. Thank you.

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

We are glad you enjoyed the interview.

[@buck16]

Very interesting and educational. Many years ago, I decided to prove to myself that scent control would not work. I wanted it to be an accurate test, so I went all in and what I did and still do is extremely time consuming and expensive. I was and continue to be shocked by my experience. I repeatedly have mature bucks and does come in downwind of me calm as can be. I also have them come in on the same path I use calm as can be. I believe that I am practicing a100% scent control system that is resulting in tolerable scent. Deer smell humans all the time where I hunt whitetails in 5 different states. I think they can accept a certain amount of tolerable scent as being safe and normal. I did try an ozone unit and it spooked every deer that got within 25 yards of the unit as they would lock up and stare directly at the unit and then run away. I don't know if they were bothered by the fan noise or hum or by the ozone smell. I don't believe any system will be 100% scent free but my experience has proven to me it can be 100% tolerable.

[@Kingfisherbackcountrycharters]

Agree 100% about the wind. But I am all about smoking myself and my clothes out right before I go into the stand. I have had deer walk behind the stand down wind and still killed them. Maybe they caught a little bit of my scent? But it felt like the aroma of the smoke may have been more overwhelming.

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

We’ve had a guest on the show a few years ago named Travis Murray who is a big believer of smoking his clothes before each hunt. Like Tom said in the episode if it gives you confidence then keep doing it.

[@tylertrosclair6246]

If most is in your breath, and inevitable, can chewing gum, dip, brushing teeth, mouth wash, peppermint, coffee, ect be a better route for that sent

[@user-sp9hy8tq4j]

You smoke cigarettes while u bow hunt if you set up rite

[@Retroadventure8.0]

Smells like a winner to me , lol great show .

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

@@Retroadventure8.0 thanks man! We appreciate you watching!

[@colbykinney5633]

Howdy ya'll from Ohio. This was a great show!

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

Hey, thanks!

[@chasearmstrong6742]

Lord knows I need to listen this one

[@magnum15917]

So one of my takeaways from this video is a lot of your sent comes from your breath. My question related to that is it seems like wearing a mask would reduce some of that sent (and of course, the better the mask the less sent)

[@mattmead2183]

Did they cover rubber boots vs regular boots? Does scent killer spray work on the feet?

[@user-sp9hy8tq4j]

No need to cover it! Rubber boots are the most productive form of footwear to mitigate ur scent!

[@wadzilla3711]

Is there a scientific study on the effectiveness on devices like ozonics, and or scent control clothing?

[@michiganwoodsman2199]

IM going TO HELP HERE! EVERYTIME I HUNT AND EXODUS IS COMING TO MY HOUSE TO DO A VIDEO. I eat an apple 🍎 when i sit down. It scent stays in your mouth and the enzymes in your stomach make deer not notice. Washing clothes and hanging and hunting high, and eating an apple i dont ever ever get busted anymore!!!

[@BrothaAustin]

Jacob Sklenar has an awesome e scouting video on his channel and several boots on the ground scouting videos.Some of it even translates to southern hunting.

[@hoyt7710]

Hunt high..

[@justinellis7497]

Question: Does rain help wash away scent? Either human scent brushing against vegetation or human scent while you are in the treestand or scent from broken/cut branches?

[@tacticalwhitetailmappingso5118]

Anyone remember Paul Putara telling u about sunlight analysis on CalTopo… bucks bed in the blue zones bc of thermals also bc it’s cooler and they can smell better bc scent wants to pool there… so other ideas is to be downwind of where scent pools and be down wind of where his nose can be the strongest… IE compounding features has multiple air currents food or brush to smell and eat and other scents…

[@jamesseed1752]

Poison ivy oils bro, works every time

[@truckincheflife1122]

I really wish you guys would have asked him about the turpentine and the likelihood of it helping

[@TennesseeHomestead615]

I have been to school!!😄

[@PhilMoffett-k6h]

Would like to listen to the original conversation with Brownlee (Episode 315). Can't find it on the KZbin Channel. Anyone have a link? Thanks!

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

It came out before we started doing the video podcast. It’s available on Spotify, apple podcast and iheart radio

[@philipwickline5761]

Be an interesting conversation between him and John Eiberhart.

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

That conversation wouldn’t go well 😂

[@hunterstroud8072]

I have a question how to hunt my property. I have been hunting an 18,000 acre private property called ames plantation and I have hunted it for two years and have not been seeing the amount of deer I wanted. The whole place is all mainly flatland and the deer dont seem to want really go out to ag fields, could you give me any tips on how to find a bigger density of deer there? Thank you

[@nicmarkham5040]

Have you been in the woods around the field edges?

[@rebel_cash]

So since we now know you can jam a dogs nose with bleach etc do we think there may be any credibility to the nose jammer spray for deer? I always discounted the idea before. just curious about others thoughts on it now

[@adamdabdoub]

smoking a left handed cigarette too and from your spot in addition to wearing cover scents on your boot will help you out. That being said, a deer will remember the smell of you if you happen to make contact with him and not kill them or if they are grouped up.

[@billystanley9471]

Why haven't ya'll discussed scent lok suits?

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

We’ve covered them a little in this episode and in episode 315 with Tom

[@n22186]

It helps, it's not 100%

[@chrisgoodwin8146]

🦌

[@n22186]

Something that is said here that contradicts itself. Your scent will be left behind for deer to smell, just blowing down wind. But let's not worry about our scent downwind as long as we're hunting downwind of a deer. I will say, be just as concerned about your downward scent because deer don't just walk where you want them to. Hence I will continue to do everything I do...scent control spray, scent control clothing, and scent control ozone. Never walk in the woods without gloves on (oils on your hands), and if you're scouting close to hunting season, try hunting before or during a rain.

[@normalguy556]

Scent is sometimes heavier and easier to smell after a rain due to humidity

[@n22186]

@@normalguy556 I like to go during or before to wash scent away. Never heard of rain increasing scent.

[@normalguy556]

@n22186 I've heard several dog trackers talk about the increased ability in their dogs noses after a rain event.

[@n22186]

@@normalguy556 that's interesting, I'll have to ask some bear dog owners I know. Thanks!

[@normalguy556]

@@n22186 for sure! Curious to see what they say as well

[@redtrailninja]

As informative as this is, and it is informative. It seems to just create more questions and concerns that we as smelly humans cant do anything about. Perhaps a better practice is not to worry so much and just use the wind and whatever scent eliminator you trust and, go hunt. Deer are odd animals that do things that cant be explained all the time.

[@Halcyon1861]

Watched your video where you missed that big boy and both of you ended up killing good ol nice uns. What calibers do you boys like?

[@user-sp9hy8tq4j]

U can’t beat a deers nose period! This isn’t even up for debate!

[@country_gbrony721]

All I heard was the cough drop in his mouth, driving me crazy lol

[@collinslangley361]

For the loved of the good lord do not point an ozone generator towards your breathable air

[@michaelyates2498]

That was i

[@michaelyates2498]

Different consept

[@johndenver5029]

Doe pee flavored gum it is....or maybe an organic mouthwash version

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

That won’t help all the scent you are putting out though breathing through your nose. Most people think it’s your breathe through your mouth but Tom explains it’s the scent coming out when you breathe through your nose that’s the issue.

[@johndenver5029]

@thesouthernoutdoorsmen I was completely being sarcastic....organic doe pee mouthwash? Come on now lol

[@sethmatherne7012]

So any thoughts on the gentleman who hunted feed trees with turpentine?

[@floridaguyoutdoors6325]

Wind in your face sun at your back.

[@chrisdemartino3558]

Do a good job scouting and learn the deer travel paths. If you don't have the wind in your favor pick a different stand to hunt that day. Easier said than done but it's that simple. Everything else is BS and a gimick to sell products.

[@rileybengtson]

This guy talks so sloooow I'm having a hard time following his point.

[@bigshady7875]

Learn what thermals are and how they work. Super important but is never mentioned in 99% of videos like these.

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

Master the Thermals, Master the Bucks with Shane Parker - EP 516 kzbin.info/www/bejne/baKWm6l5o9RoaNk

[@thesouthernoutdoorsmen]

We’ve talked about thermals a lot on the show. Here is a great episode you may enjoy.

[@matthewbrown2474]

I couldn’t hardly watch this video without an ad interrupting every 2-3 minutes. Not exaggerating.

[@JoeBidenSuxD]

Did he mention how long after someone left a track that a dog can follow their trail. Like 1 day, 2 days, etc. ?

[@M-Peek]

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