Home brew scent spray

[mattys281]

The GF, her boy, & I spent 10 days in unit 27 for the archery deer hunt. She saw a monster opening morning & then the velvet disappeared. I did have many, many does & fawns in at extremely close ranges, however, both from a treestand & while hunting on the ground. Ond doe walked to within 12 yards of me (while on the ground) with a steady breeze in her face & she never seemed to wind me, although she did spot me & grew suspicious. That was a muley doe, but I also had two coues does come from down wind about a half hour apart from each other & pass by me at less than 20 on the last day. After ten days of only bathing via scentless baby-wipes & spraying my clothes with the home brew after each day, I though that was pretty good. If anyone's interested, here's the recipe again:

 

· 1.5 quarts hydrogen peroxide (3 percent)

NOTE: Do not use the product contained in brown colored bottles from the supermarket.

· 2 quarts distilled water

· 0.5 cup baking soda

NOTE: I use Arm & Hammer brand baking soda

· 1 ounce of unscented laundry detergent

NOTE: I use Sport Wash laundry detergent

Mix everything together in a large mixing bowl and then pour into a clean, white-colored plastic bleach container. Don’t use a clear plastic milk jug. You will understand why as you read on. Also, let the container sit for a day or two with the cap off. Some oxygen will be released when the ingredients are mixed and the build up of pressure could blow the cap off. The contents must be allowed to equilibrate before tightening the cap. Fill spray bottles that you take into the field when needed.

 

Baquacil brand Shock and Oxidizer is nothing more than 27-percent strength hydrogen peroxide (read the label). It can be found at most swimming pool supply stores.

Hydrogen peroxide slowly breaks down to water when exposed to light, so store your home brew in a dark place such as a closet. This is why hydrogen peroxide is often sold in brown colored bottles.

 

This next part is very important: Do not use ordinary hydrogen peroxide that comes in little brown colored plastic bottles. The stuff at the supermarket has stabilizers in it and contains a slight odor. Pure hydrogen peroxide is odorless. I purchase pure hydrogen peroxide from a local swimming pool supply store. Baquacil brand Shock and Oxidizer is the product I use. It comes in a one-gallon size blue colored plastic container. It is pure 27-percent hydrogen peroxide (no additives or stabilizers). You will have to dilute it with distilled water, down to 3 percent strength in order to use it in your home brew recipe.

 

 

At SW it's about $15 for a quart of Scent Shield. I bought all this stuff for about that & had enough to make almost 2 gallons. I found some different oxidizer at Leslies Pool Supply on McClintock just north from Southern that was 7.5% hydrogen peroxide. It cost $10 for a quart of that stuff & it requires a different dillution measure than the 27% stuff mentioned in the article.

[jamaro]

Great Post... I have used this recipe before and it works....

thank you

jason

[shortpants]

Very interesting, but look at your avatar, look what it did to your face!!! J/K thanks for sharing.

[mattys281]

Very interesting, but look at your avatar, look what it did to your face!!! J/K thanks for sharing.

 

Guess that's the price of saving a little coin. Might be ugly, but at least I don't stink!

[Huntn coues]

Very interesting, but look at your avatar, look what it did to your face!!! J/K thanks for sharing.

 

Guess that's the price of saving a little coin. Might be ugly, but at least I don't stink!

 

 

 

 

I got tears in my eyes.

[donniedent]

Another good thing to try is a desert cover scent. Go out and cut some branches off creasote bushes. Remove all the little leaves you can into a pot. Add water and mix it all up. Use an old pot because the tar will coat the inside of the pot. Boil that for about 1 hour. Strain all the leaves off so that all you have is a green/brown liquid. Then take and old rag and poor the liquid through that. Do that a few times to make sure you have no leaves or tar in your cover scent. Put it in a bottle and spray on your boots and\or hat. Don't worry about staining because its the same color as most camo's. I'll tell you what, its strong and it smells just like the desert after in rains. Good stuff.

 

 

Donnie

[mattys281]

Another good thing to try is a desert cover scent. Go out and cut some branches off creasote bushes. Remove all the little leaves you can into a pot. Add water and mix it all up. Use an old pot because the tar will coat the inside of the pot. Boil that for about 1 hour. Strain all the leaves off so that all you have is a green/brown liquid. Then take and old rag and poor the liquid through that. Do that a few times to make sure you have no leaves or tar in your cover scent. Put it in a bottle and spray on your boots and\or hat. Don't worry about staining because its the same color as most camo's. I'll tell you what, its strong and it smells just like the desert after in rains. Good stuff.

 

 

Donnie

 

I was considering boiling some pine needles & adding the "tea" to give it some scent on my next batch. The hydrogen peroxide kills the bacteria that grow off your sweat, thus eliminating the human odor, but it shouldn't harm the pine scent, as it's not a product of bacteria.