scent control- incidental contact with things

[cracked butt]

Do any of you have a ritual for avoiding picking up scents while on the way to the hunting stand?

I don't usually get too wrapped up in worrying about scents, though I do keep my hunting clothes in a bag of leaves and pine needles when I'mnot wearing them, and I shower and use unscented soap before touching the clothes. I don't stop to fill my truck up with gas on the way out and I avoid smelly or spicy foods on hunting days.

This morning on the way home from work, I happened to stop at a drive up ATM machine to withdraw some cash. I punched in my numbers and noticed a smell. I sniffed my fingers and could smell woman's perfume on them. The person who used the machine before me must have had some perfume on her fingers and it transferred to my fingers when I punched the buttons. I thought that if I had done this on the way to my deer stand, it would have ruined my entire day.

 

[Newt]

Yeah, you do have to be careful. I've been trying to get better about paying attention to scent control. Just the other day I was introduced to a fellow and stood to shake his hand. Seemed like a nice enough fellow, it's just that the cologne he was wearing wore off on me. I smelled it on my hand for a couple hours afterward. It could be something small like that you may never notice. I'm of the opinion that it would be extremely hard for a person to go totally scent free.

 

[mete]

Scented money is common ,all it has to do is spend a short time in a womans purse. Lots of scents out there , hard to avoid.