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By Christina VanGinkel

With the onset of fall in many parts of the country, comes the arrival of hunting season for animals such as grouse, deer, elk, and coyote. In order to give the hunter the best advantage possible, several companies have come up with scent blocking and scent eliminator products, including clothing. Manufactured to help stop your natural human scent from being winded by the animals, this allows the hunter to be as close to their game as possible, and if used correctly, along with other scent control products, they can be highly effective.

The best way to utilize scent control clothing is to make it part of a complete scent control routine. Shower with a scent control product, such as Xtreme Scents body wash and shampoo. Follow this up with washing your clothing that was not manufactured specifically with scent control in mind, such as your underclothing, in a scent control detergent similar to Extreme Scents Laundry soap. Then follow this whole routine up with a deodorant that is also unscented or manufactured to block scent while hunting.

Wearing scent control and scent eliminating clothing while participating in activities such as baiting, archery hunting, and gun hunting is believed by many to highly increase their rate of success. Other people who participate in additional outdoor activities, such as photographing wildlife, may also find benefit from these products and routines. Consider what activities you take part in out of doors that may require you to either get close to, or not be spotted by animals, and consider if some of these products may be of a benefit. Remember though that there are times when we want animals to know we are out, such as jogging. Do not wear or use any of these products under those conditions.

On the clothing front, you can now find clothing from socks and gloves, to boots, shirts, pants, bib overalls, long underwear, jackets, parkas, and more. The idea behind this revolution of new clothing and products is that an animal that smells human scent will either avoid the area completely, or at the least, be very cautious or wary of their surroundings. By utilizing these products and clothing, it is with the hope that you can get close enough to the game to bring about a successful hunt.

Some of the companies that now sell scent control clothing, besides Arctic Shield Extreme Scents, include the likes of the following well-known brands: Scent-Lok, ScentBlocker, and Cabela's WINDSTOPPER. Each of these companies carries a wide range of gear with their very own unique scent blocking technologies built right in.

As the interest in these products grow, so too is the likelihood that these companies and others will continue to manufacture more products along these lines. Even if they do not though, there are enough choices available, that one should be able to outfit himself, herself, or a fellow youth hunter in all the necessary gear. Take gloves as an example, each of the companies listed so far, Arctic Shield Extreme Scents, Scent-Lok,
ScentBlocker, and Cabela's, each have at least one if not several pairs of scent control or scent eliminator gloves available on the market right now, as they do jackets, pants, and socks.