Dead Down Wind Hunt Ready Scent Control Kit
Scent control is a routine, not a bottle. This is the whole routine in one box, from the shower to the stand.
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Spec check
| In the box | field spray (12 oz, plus 3 refill packs), shampoo and conditioner (12 oz), laundry detergent (12 oz), dryer sheets (15), bar soap with case, deodorant |
|---|---|
| How it works | enzyme formula that breaks down the bacteria that make odor, rather than masking it |
| Biocides | none |
| Safe on | carbon, technical, and natural fabrics |
| Made in | USA |
A field spray over a shirt that came out of the dryer smelling like the laundry aisle is not scent control. It is a bottle of hope. The spray is the last step, and it only counts if the steps before it happened.
The routine is the product
Wash in the detergent, dry with the sheets, shower with the soap, use the deodorant, spray down at the truck. Skip a link and the chain is broken, which is why this comes as a box instead of a bottle. This is the brand we run when we deer hunt, and we use every piece in it.
What the enzyme is doing
Odor is bacteria working on sweat. Most sprays cover that with something else for a deer to smell. Dead Down Wind's formula uses enzymes to break the bacteria down, without biocides, and the same chemistry runs through every piece in the kit.
It won't actually make your scent dead down wind
But this kit will definitely get you close. Nothing in a bottle beats hunting with the wind in your face, and this does not change that. What it does is help you stay undetected on the walk in and the walk out, when you are moving through the woods and leaving scent on the trail, and on the afternoons the wind swirls and the stand you picked for a north breeze is suddenly sitting in a south one.
If the full routine is more than you will do, the Evolve spray is the simpler version: the same formula, a bottle plus refill packs, one step.
The verdict
Buy it before opening day, run the whole routine, and quit blaming the stand.
Skip it if
You expect it to replace the wind. It will not, and nothing in a bottle does no matter what the brand name on the bottle is. Buy it to help on the walk in, the walk out, and the afternoon the wind swirls — not to sit downwind of a deer and hope.