As I lay  fast asleep upon the quiet and isolated hillside deep into the enchanted world of dreamland, I began to dream  about myself and placing a heart pounding stalk upon a herd of elk.  Then suddenly I was awakened from my slumber by a slight crunching noise, and not very far from my head I might add at  this point.

And as I slowly opened my eyes and took a quick surveillance  of my surroundings I was startled into full awareness by a sight which will forever be indelibly imprinted upon my memory. A real herd of Elk were feeding all around me upon the fresh and bright green grass which was growing from the first set of winter rains here. Here, was high up on Cow Mountain which is situated above Ukiah California. And in particular this spot where I lay down for my midday nap is referred to as 40 acre opening. And what did I have for scent cover or camouflage protection from the extremely acute sense of sight and smell of these huge and wary creatures?

Nothing more than a pair of blue jeans and dull green tee-shirt and my natural earthy odors emanating from my body, and that was it!  This Elk herd did not even know that I was even there and laying face up on the ground at their very feet!

As I watch hunters worldwide spend millions of dollars for scent blockers and camouflage clothing, I can’t help but wonder if those large companies which manufacture and sell all of those products are just laughing themselves silly all the way to the bank.    Don’t get me wrong though because some of the technology which goes into a lot of those products are very clever and they do work. But, I would like to point out the fact that if you take a look at all of those turn of the century photos of your great grandfathers hunting parties. You will see them all dressed in nothing more than  blue jeans, flannel shirts and a drab colored hat of some sort.    And pictured there and  hanging right behind them will be 2 to 4 big buck deer carcasses per man in their hunting party. So the fact that camouflage and scent blockers had not even been invented yet did not seem to hamper their harvests one single bit.

Lets start with your scent and try to pinpoint just exactly where most of  your body scent emanates from, and that would be your pubic region. Your under arm hair and genital hair areas should be shaved clean before you embark upon a serious hunting adventure. This will eliminate more than half of your scent right off the bat.

Also by washing your hunting clothes in a simple Dye Free and Perfume Free detergent like: Tide Free, “which has no U.V. brighteners” And hanging them out to dry in the clean air and sun, and then storing them inside of a sealed plastic bag will produce a set of perfectly scent free hunting garments. Oh! and don’t forget to just simply stay down wind from the highly sensitive noses of the animals which you intend to hunt.

There is a body washing agent which I personally use for each shower and it has proven effective time and again and I would highly recommend that a serious hunter purchase this as his SOLE body cleaning product. And also carry a small bottle of it out into the woods with you for your nightly cleaning and that is:

Birch Hill Happenings, unscented shampoo. Birch Hill Happenings Aromatherapy LLC,  2898 Country Road 103  Barnum, MN.  55707                               Phone # (218) 384-9294

Their products are made from pure coconut oil and completely free from Detergents, Perfumes & Additives.

As I stated before, some of the products out on the market definitely are most remarkable at reducing body odors and as far as camouflage is concerned, if it instills a little extra confidence in yourself and your stalking abilities then, more power to you!   Just do not go spending a small fortune on these scent killing and camouflaging products when just a few simple home procedures and commercially available products can help you to achieve the same results!