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ladyhunter
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Posted - 11/30/2008 : 7:48:01 PM
ok as some of you guys may remenber awhile back had a house fire. well finally cool enough here this yr to wear some of my heavy jackets and stuff. took them out of storage and lord do they still smell smoky. they was professionally cleaned before storage any ideas on how to get smell out. have washed twice with no scent but no luck there don't want to get rid of them but they are no use smelling that bad figured if ican smell them the deer will be able to smell me a mile away
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ok as some of you guys may remenber awhile back had a house fire. well finally cool enough here this yr to wear some of my heavy jackets and stuff. took them out of storage and lord do they still smell smoky. they was professionally cleaned before storage any ideas on how to get smell out. have washed twice with no scent but no luck there don't want to get rid of them but they are no use smelling that bad figured if ican smell them the deer will be able to smell me a mile away
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why would the smell of smoke be a problem? my mother has had deer walk up to her to investigate the smell when she was smoking a cig on a stump. scared the snit out of her. id think smoke would be a better smell then your human scent. id think only deer that hadent seen their first winter yet MIGHT be spooked by it.
When bowhunting you'd want to set up up wind, anyway. Deep woods deer may have never smelled smoke, but most deer have.
I think that human perspiration is what deer avoid most.
My.02
On another note, your insurance company (assuming you filed a claim) owes to "make you whole." That means, if the professional cleaning did not get out the smell (which is common), they owe to replace the clothing.
Used to deal with this all the time when I was an adjuster. Usually, they'll pay you a depreciated amount based on the item(s) age, and then the rest when you actually replace it and provide the receipt (if you choose to do so). Probably will not collect the old clothing either, which means you can get a new coat, and still go hunting with your handy "burnt house" cover scent coat.
If you kill a really big buck (or maybe just borrow one), take good pictures with your coat on, and then use it to start your own new trendy line of scented wonder clothing. Slap a fancy label on it, and the new generation of TV-brainwashed hunters will pay anything for it.