New Scent Control! Unbelievable, Changes Everything! 

Because you guys are sharing your tricks, I will share with you a trick that works good in any part of the country at any time of the year and best of all it will not cost you anything. Have you ever noticed that after you first put in a food plot, there's nothing growing yet and the plot is full of deer tracks! Deer a very curious animals, and fresh dirt can mean many things to a deer, (new food source, scrape, their home was changed in some way). Here is the trick; Carry a 3 prong scratcher in your pack, (like the one used for gardening); where you want a deer to stop, freshly scratch up a circle of dirt about 3 feet in diameter and around inch deep, the more moist the soil the better, every deer that can smell the fresh dirt will come and check it out; you need to do this every time that you go to your stand and only takes seconds to accomplish. This works especially well during the Rut.

What about boiling them, and then strain?

Does it go bad?

I follow all of John Everhart's scent control And Still play the wind! I believe scentloc and taking showers in scent free soap is "insurance" just in case the wind swirls or he gets down wind.

Most detergents out there (hunting ones too) are overly measured for a load of clothing…which leads to detergent being left behind and not washed out…leaving the smell he says behind. All to sell more product. One, Sport Wash by Atsko, doesn’t and washes out clean (no brightener too). However, I’ve found 7th Generation detergent (available at most grocery stores)…is basically the same thing….no artificial chemicals…no brightener and no scent or dyes…all natural detergent. It’s about $12 for over a gallon and about one ounce is all you need for a xtra large load of laundry. A jug will last NUMEROUS SEASONS. Gets blood out well too.

This is fun to watch! I have done so many crazy things over the years to try and win over the nose of a deer. God made their noses too good 😂 All those years I was in a tree and bottom line is...if your scent makes it to their nose, it's over. Now I hunt on the ground with one of my kids at a time, play the wind as best I can and enjoy the hunt!!! I no longer worry myself with all the time and hocus pocus etc,etc. I wear clothes more than once, may or may not take a shower and enjoy life 😅 I get bucks every year and my kids are as well!!! Got my biggest bodied deer last season! I enjoy it so much more now without all the work and time to get ready!!! Play the wind best you can and enjoy!!! I do wear rubber boots that I keep in a bag so deer won't smell my trail, never touch the bottom and put on when leaving the vehicle! Works great! Our bodies are always producing scent into the air, including our breath so... Kind of like not spreading the coronavirus, good luck 😂 Have a great season and always read Gods word, the BIBLE!!!

Ive done this for years.Ive even put walnut concoction in shallow tub to set my rubber boots in while not in use. Works great here in Indiana. Walnuts have ALOT of aroma that really is pretty strong for you guys in non walnut parts of the country. Red cedar branches ground up, works well also especially if you heat it to a boiling then let cool. Nice video...I'll keep watching you.

This would work great if you had walnut trees in your hunting area but I think it would spook deer if you don't. I like the the things in your area better.

There is nothing that can get ride of your sent at all

I'm an old Tradbow guy, who's got his scent control down tight for the most part. Including NEVER drive a vehicle, with your scent free boots. But I have to try this, as twice last season, I only needed one more step from a bruiser, I was keying in on, to nope!!! He is a bruiser for a reason and sensed something not right with his timber. New sub. From the 641... Always thumbs up!

im going to give it a try, ive done somewhat of the same thing with pine branches, but this is more simplified. thank you sir!

I started taking a shower and washing my clothes with unsented soap or any kind. It doesn't have to be a deer hunting soap. I also hang my clothes outside and try not to get dressed in the house. I noticed a huge difference in deer sightings. I'm going to try making an acorn spray. I bet that will be a big improvement. Thanks for the idea, John! Anything we can do to tip the odds in our favor is a blessing!

100% anything natural and from the lands you hunt at is very affective! I like this. Thanks man! 👍🏼

I pressure can green hickory nuts in pint jars and then put the juice in a spray bottle. Works good and the unopened ones last for years!! Down here in the south the juice will sour after a few days in the heat, so I just rinse my bottle and open another jar!

I collect acorns and boil them for awhile then run the water through a filter into a spray bottle and would spray my outerwear with it before I headed out to my deer stand. All my base layers, socks, and face mask are stored in an airtight bin with a few small boxes of baking soda that’s also been washed out with water and baking soda until the “plastic smell” has been removed. 100% success.

Blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. Ok, we get it. You have a great sounding voice.

Dude, that's interesting. I'm 61, and I've been deer hunting since age 12. I'm a strictly archery deer hunter. I've tested EVERY scent control product on earth. U Are correct, ALL so-called scent free detergents are a joke. If I can smell it, it's a joke. I've washed my clothing in pure Baking soda and left my bow outside for days, but A N Y deer downwind ALWAYS smells me. Scent eliminating companies are full of Shit. Thanks for Ur info. Have 2 black walnuts in my yRd. Will try it.

YES!!! I do this by putting wood shavings and walnuts it the totes I store my gear in. Works great for me in Maryland, West Virginia and Ohio. Ps. Deer don’t mind if your clothes are stained

Where I hunt in GA we have mostly pines, I use pine sap and dirt, rub it on my cloths, works real well. On my way to the stand I have to cross my horse pasture, so I'll step in fresh manure to cover my scent trail to my stand. I've got city boys that hunt around me spending good money on sprays, mine cost nothing but the time it takes to rub it on.

I think this is an excellent tip. One thing I might add is I use distilled water because it is its purest form. There is additives such as fluoride and chlorine in some of your city Waters out of the spicket. This is an excellent idea with the walnuts thank you so much

i've been using ozonics for 6 yrs now and have never witnessed an animal spooked by my scent-also live where we have a lot or bear which can smell much better than deer and had them come in dead down wind without smelling me,although i do use knee high rubber boots walking in to cover scent trail

I’m new to hunting and I may be way off here, but wanted to share a trick I learned from a great hunter around where I live, he puts his clothes & sometimes wears them around a fire pit the night before (camping or at home), and also, he leaves his clothes outside so they pick up the outdoor scent before he wears them to hunt the next day. He also told me to take local tree leaves and even dirt and put it in the plastic bag or the container I store my clothes in. It masks other artificial orders away and gives the clothes a natural one that the deer is used to smelling around those woods. Anyone tried this before? If so, does it really work? What other tips can u help me with please? Thanks

This is the real deal. I don't have any black walnut trees. However. I do have whiteoaks.i did it with the acorns. And It works great

Sounds like a good cover scent. But when you’re walking two miles in Ga heat, don’t think it’s going cover that lol.

The same will work with just about any natural vegetation in your hunting area, dirt being one of the best because of foliage decomposition.

I wonder if Fred bear used walnuts ???? Wash your clothes with baking soda store in containers you will be fine. Everyone has thier own thing.

Take a shower before hunting using scent away soap, keep clean clothes stored in a ozone locker, you dont need to wash them as often. Sometimes i spray down with scent away stuff. Hunt the wind. Thats all you need. Ask me how i know. People way over think this every year.

Ok so then do you hold your breath while you hunt? Sent control is mostly nonsense. Your breath is more than enough to spook off any deer. You can't mask your scent enough that they can't smell you. Only something super strong, like skunk scent, that overwhelms the scent receptors, and really cold weather gives u a chance. You need scent control by where the wind is blowing your scent.

Having trouble finding black walnuts will any kind of walnut work?

Do you not think that if better attention was paid to wind direction success would increase? Just buy a wind puffer and fill with climbers chalk.

I don’t have walnut trees in my area but I do have pecan trees I was wondering if they would work the same as walnut for a spray.

This is something that is common in your area, but not in mine. The deer are used to this odor. Don’t know if it would work in mine.

Can this scent free spray work if i were to use pecans ....?

Ill bet acorns will work as well. Natural is the best. I wander if i can get the liquid out of acorns

I can do the same thing with Apple without all the trouble

I lately have been carrying a small bag of Vanilla Coffee Creamer. It's VERY strong vanilla scent. Useful to check wind direction too, very effective.

Good job. I soak acorns and do the same thing. 👍🏻

The deer think your nuts?

Can u use the walnuts more than once in this process??

i would add to only use well water, city water has chemicals added.

Are you using black walnut just because it’s what’s readily available there or is it something specific to that tree that is best? In South Georgia I can get plenty of hickory and pecans but not sure about black walnuts.

Rubbing down with ceader limbs has the same effect if they are in your area

Trappers do this with traps. Boil traps in walnut hulls. Not a bad idea though. Glad you thought of it.

You can do the same thing with hickory nuts

What if you use walnuts that are turning dark

I used it last year and killed a nice buck down wind on the ground about 30 yards i love this stuff thank you

I've always wanted to do it, now I will thank you sir!

I never see black walnut trees around.

you can never get rid of all your scent. if anything this would be an attractant

Wow I never thought of using walnut juice. What’s your opinion on Scentlok? I’ve had a lot of success with it the past 4 seasons and have killed 7.5 year old public land bucks in back to back years in Pennsylvania

I love the ingenuity, but you guys take this stuff way too seriously. Biggest buck of my life was shot after working on my hot rod in the shop… had my jeans on, shop boots and my hunting jacket. Just washed my hands with brake-kleen too. 🤷🏻‍♂️

Raccoon pee. it works, get it where they sell trapper supplies, don't cover yourself, bottom boots, and around your spot.

I’ve been doing the same exact thing for 20 plus years! It does work! Many boone and crockett bucks to prove it! I even put walnuts in bottoms of my clothes scent storage totes! My father was an old trapper and deer hunter since the 1970’s and often died his traps in walnut! I’m like you kind of a scent control fanatic and have tried everything myself but pairing the walnuts with ozonics in my opinion works every time! Happy hunting to ya

Need to find a walnut tree. Lol

Try it without corn next time

Thank you for your video

that could have been a short

Once you have the juice from the walnuts, how are you storing it? You keep it refrigerated or is it fine left out? Thanks for the tip by the way!

You said before you hunt drench your outer layers and have it dripping off of your boots. If you are hunting in the winter is it advisable to have your outer layers soaked wet? Very interesting. I subscribed.

I made some for this season after watching this video. Much appreciated. I ordered some sodium benzoate (preservative) online and added it to my batch. I’ve had a spray bottle sitting outside for about a week now and it’s fine. Plus a couple gallons in the fridge. All the commercial sprays have preservatives, so I thought I’d give it a try. Seems to be working. I hunt on the ground, and had one enter my lane about 10y from me on his way to a little bait I had out at 20y. Never spooked. He ate for about 15 minutes then walked off into the woods. Not the one I was looking for, but I felt like it was a good test run for the cover scent with the added preservatives. I’ll make this every year now. Thanks again!

How long does the spray last after bottling?

HS Earth wafers . Nothing on earth works better.

Hunter's detergent, dryer with descenting sheets, hang dry outside overnight then in bin with the floor lined with debris from the woods I hunt (dirt, branches, twigs, acorns, barks, pine cones, etc...). I've pulled my hunting clothes a year after putting them in there and they still smell like the woods. I'll only re-wash them during the season "if" I've hunted on a particularly hot day and sweated in my gear or after I've dragged something out of the woods. $10 a year and it's never failed me. I've had deer literally brush up against me while I was sitting on a stump in the dark.

Pine trees. The sap sticks to you. When fat wood or rich pine is burned it gives off a black soot that smells and sticks to clothes, hair, and skin. Smelling like pine sap may also trick the buck into thinking theres a rub...??

Back in the 80s we used to take our clothes and put it in a bag of cedar chips. No we use ozonic‘s. Last year in Missouri I didn’t have a deer blow at me the whole week we were there.

This works for sure!!! I had him bedding right under me for hours and they didn't have a clue I was around.

Get recommendation. I can’t wait to try this. Those black walnuts are all over my yard. They smell so strong. Thanks

Just found your channel. What part of Ohio are you from? I’m an Ohio native. SE Ohio. Sounds like a great idea, but I’m not sure I could use it. Last summer I cut up part of a black walnut tree with a chain saw after a storm. Some of the saw dust went down in my boots and caused severe blisters, which ruptured on the second day, and took a couple weeks to heal. Did a little research and found that walnut is actually toxic. Could just be that I’m allergic to it, who knows. Best of luck this season. ✌🏻

I used this scent and I was even been able to get to three feet of an ET who had just landed in my backyard! I also became totally invisible to the big bucks in my county, I am frequently able to pet them on the head before they see me.

I've got some soaking now, but it's awful dark . I got some on my hand and it won't come off. I'll try it with a spray bottle on the mist side first lol

When I was a kid, an old man taught me a trick of boiling Walnut husk and giving my traps and chain in the black goo.. coyotes quit digging up my traps after that ...

My brother you are killing it the information is Rock you know the truth when you hear it I'm going to watch all your videos bro and I'm a John eberhart fan when it comes to send control I do serious scent Lok but I'm doing all your stuff on top

This is awesome if you have black walnut trees. Lol. If your not allergic with cedar trees its needles works as well. And plentiful everywhere.

I use apples...same method. Store clothing in tote w apples...spray boots w apple spray.

Throw in a fresh tarsal gland and the dominant bucks will sesrch you out

Washing your clothes in pine sol works to been doing this for 10 years never got winded hang them outside for a few days also

Wash my clothes with dirt water from the area where I'm hunting also helps taking out the UVs.

Thanks for the tip brother. Pine needles crushed up with water Makes good cover sent also. And what I found that works better than anything for me, is pee or tarsal gland straight from a local deer

So how long will this soultion stay usable before it goes bad without some sort of preservative in it? Ive used Walnuts for years on my boots and it works awesome.

Love your videos, keep the videos coming. Love all these tips and tricks.

Isn't walnut dust etc poisonous?

Guys use distilled water and paint strainers work best!!! Distilled water doesn't evaporate or rott , make sure you're using what's in the area you hunt!!!!

With those arms you should have no problem shaking those trees 🔥

Let me simplify this, wash your clothes in your scent control, then put them in a trash bag with baking soda for two to three days then take them out put them in a bag of soil where you hunt and leaves. The walnut hull is a trapper secret.

You can also just put walnuts into an old potato sack and stick them in with your clothes in a tote, and the clothes absorb the scent and not stain them

Im 1 minute in and I bet right now its something from nature. Like pine branches or some kind of bush or plant. I use dried pine branches for up north Moose Hunting

I have a lot of pecan trees and no black walnut. I’m going to try pecans.

What you just described is walnut fermentation.

God bless YOU for your kindheartedness!

I thought about doing this with coffee. But im not sure if it will spook instead of conceal. The indians used to use pine needles and wood smoke.

Ive done this with acorns amd pineneedles for years

I've done that for years before you even knew it use the natural elements

If I freeze the walnut water would it last for a couple months to use throughout the entire season?

I use the green walnut or it's leaves for mosquito repellent also grab a green one rub it on your hand then rub it on where you need it it works

I hang all my hunting clothes and boots in the barn with the cattle have never had a deer spook even down wind

No mold or bacteria from the spray?

How do you feel about using vanilla as a cover scent

Do the same but with cedar branches I just put it in hot water shake it up real good let it set a day or so strain it into a spray bottle

How long does the extra bottles stay good? Or does it go bad?

Wondering if Burr Oak nuts would work the same, here in TX. Deer love them.