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| Russell Pro Staffer Rob Evans, took this impressive SCI 180 buck in St. Croix County Wisconsin on October 31, 2006, his 34th Pope & Young Class white tail |
Rob Evans, an avid Minnesota bow hunter, has been a member of Russell Moccasin’s Pro-Staff since 1993. Rob has bow hunted for over 30 years and has 34 Pope & Young class White Tail deer to his credit, in addition to fine specimens of caribou, buffalo, antelope and scores of other game. Rob is also a champion sporting clays shooter and all around outdoorsman.
Rob’s knowledge of the outdoors, equipment and game make him a valuable resource, not only to Russell Moccasin, but also to many other sporting goods companies for which Rob is an advisor or pro staff member, including Merlin Archery, Wildlife Research Center, Arctic Cat, Muzzy Products, Game Hide Camo, No Trace, HHA Bow Sights, Whisker Biscuit Arrow Rests, Easton Axis Arrows, Rivers Edge Tree Stands and Nikon Optics.
As a hunter with 32 Pope & Young class White Tail trophies on the wall, you can rest assured, Rob knows bow hunting. He’s been at it a long time...and he has been very successful.
“A far more learned man than I once said, ‘Luck is when preparation and opportunity meet’,” says Rob. “In bow hunting, preparation is acquiring and learning to use the very best equipment available. Opportunity is finding and patterning game. Together they spell success.”
Enjoy Rob’s “Hints for Successful Scentless Bow Hunting” and his “Basic Bow Hunting Hints.”
1. Begin your field preparation by taking a shower using a scent-removing bar soap or an anti-bacterial Scent Killer® Liquid Soap from Wildlife Research Center®. Pay particular attention to thoroughly scrubbing your nose, forehead and the backs of your ears as these are high human scent collection points.
2. Following your shower apply a scent-blocking deodorant like Wildlife Research’s Scent Killer Odorless Formula antiperspirant/deodorant. Never apply hair spray, cologne or aftershave.
3. Don’t, under any circumstances expose yourself to breakfast cooking smells; eggs, bacon, pancakes, etc., as these smells will follow you around virtually, forever.
4. Brush your teeth with an unscented toothpaste or apple flavored toothpaste.
5. Wearing a camouflaged, activated carbon Scent-Lok® full body suit, gloves, cap, hood and breath shield and Scent-Lok lined boots, will greatly improve your chances of seeing & taking game. Scent-Lok clothing, when used and worn properly, is a proven performer.
6. Whenever practical, do not wear your Russell Scent Control Bow Hunter Boots™ or your Scent-Lok® outer garments in the vehicle on your way to your hunting area to prevent them from picking up foreign smells, (smoke, candy, gas, etc.). Your Scent-Lok clothing should be stored in a sealed plastic bag or Scent-Lok bag that should be carried in the trunk or the back of your truck. Put your Scent-Lok clothing on just before you go to the field.
7. Prior to the bow season, treat your Russell Scent Control Bow Hunter boots with two liberal applications of Obenauf’s Heavy Duty LP, (Leather Preservative). It is a 100% natural, nearly odorless, durable waterproofing. Its unique suspension formula lasts longer and continually, (gradually), releases natural oils into the leather. Allow the sun to work the first application of Obenauf’s into the leather. Work the second application of LP into the leather using a 1,200 to 1,800 watt hair dryer to aid penetration and increase waterproofing. Obenauf’s is a blend of natural oils with Propolis, which is tree resins gathered by honey bees to weatherproof their hives. It contains no petroleum or silicone, both of which are unnatural odors. Obenauf’s is made from natural products so it smells like the outdoors. Obenauf’s LP is recognized by more professional outfitters as the ideal boot dressing waterproofing due to its natural smell. Renew as needed during the season. After you have treated your boots, we recommend that you set them outdoors in a sheltered area where they won’t get wet for several days, allowing them to take on a natural outdoors smell and to spray them two or three times with Scent Killer while they are seasoning outdoors.
8. Store your boots, as you would store your Scent-Lok garments, in a Scent-Lok bag or sealed plastic bag. If you want to go the extra mile in fully “outdoorsing” your boots, in the Midwest, collect a half pound of red or white acorns and toss them into the bag with your boots when they are stored. Acorns are a good smell to deer and other game. Out West in the pine tree country, toss twisted and crushed pine bows into the bag with your boots. Here again, pine is a good, natural smell to Western big game.
9. Use a scent killing spray like Scent Killer on your outer clothing once you get to the field, liberally spraying your coat, pants, cap, gloves, hood, boots, backpack, fanny pack, even your bow and quiver.
10. Reactivate your Scent-Lok clothing every second or third time you go afield in warm weather, by tossing it in the clothes dryer on high heat for a half an hour or so. Less often in colder weather.
11. Reactivate the Scent-Lok lining in your boots every second or third time you wear them with a 1,200 to 1,800 watt hair dryer for 15 to 20 minutes. Do not leave unattended. (Reactivate more often if your feet tend to perspire heavily or if you have worn your boots on a long followup recently). After reactivating, store in a sealed Scent-Lok or plastic bag. Don’t forget to reactivate your Scent Lok storage bag as well.
12. For added scent control, use one of masking scents like acorn, earth, pine or vanilla, available in spray form from Wildlife Research. At the proper time of year, you can also use deer and elk attractant scents sparingly. More is not better.
13. Eliminate all scent from all of the gear taken into the woods, including backpacks, arrows, knives, flashlights, ropes, quivers, bow, latex field dressing gloves (keep these in a zip lock bag as they give off odors). If any item in your backpack has any odor whatsoever, (such as a treated leather knife sheath), spray it with Scent Killer and store it in a plastic zip lock bag. Allow items to dry before stowing them in your pack.
14. Prior to your hunt, wash all of your clothes, underwear, socks, sweaters, shirts, pants...everything...in an odorless, unscented, scent removing detergent, such as Scent Killer Clothing Wash, also available from Wildlife Research. Store your clothes in a sealed bag to ensure it does not take on the indoor smells of your home or surroundings.
15. To maintain the integrity of your Scent-Lok clothing and boots, whenever possible, remove your Scent-Lok clothing and boots immediately after you are done hunting and prior to following up an animal in the woods or field dressing an animal. Plan ahead as perspiration and blood will linger on your clothes and boots.
16. Don’t fuel your vehicle before going hunting as gasoline vapors are easily trapped in the fibers of your clothing. The less you touch or come in contact with anything that doesn’t smell like the woods...the better off you will be.
17. Wearing the X Scent*, (Silver Fiber Technology*, powered by X-STATIC®) socks that were shipped with your Russell Scent Control Bowhunter Boots adds a second dynamic level of scent control. X Scent socks feature silver fibers permanently bonded to the sock fibers. Silver ions are passed from the silver fibers into the odor causing bacteria which literally shuts down the cells respiratory system and the ability to reproduce. X Scent's scent elimination silver fiber technology is a superb antimicrobial, (toxic to odor-emitting bacteria cells), and has been proven by the U.S. Military, the medical field plus in numerous university test programs. X Scent sock technology eliminates 99.9% of odor causing bacteria...meaning your feet will be virtually odor free. X Scent socks can be washed repeatedly without loss of effectiveness. Follow the manufacturer's recommendations on the use of X Scent socks. Launder as needed for best results.
Scent-Killer® is a registered trademark of Wildlife Research Center®. Scent-Lok® is a registered trademark of Scent-Lok Technologies®. X Scent* is a trademark of ARC, Inc. Obenauf's Heavy Duty Leather Preservative* is a trademark of Obenauf's. Russell Scent Control Bow Hunter* is a trademark of W.C. Russell Moccasin Company. WeatherTuff* is a trademark of Prime Tanning. Thinsulate* is a trademark of 3M. X-STATIC is a trademark of Noble Fiber Technologies, Inc.
Basic Bow Hunting Hints
1. If you hunt in the wet, here is hint to waterproof your arrow fletches. Purchase a can of scentless, heavy duty hair spray. Give each fletch just a whisk of hair spray, allow it to dry, repeat three or four times. Fletching should remain dry and serviceable unless you are caught in a heavy downpour.
2. Work the wind. If the wind isn’t favorable for the stand you want to hunt on any given day, hunt a different stand where the wind is in your favor. No matter how careful you are to remove and control scent, always use the wind to determine where you hunt. You have to beat a deer, bear or elk’s nose... which is his best defensive weapon against you.
3. Never smoke in the vehicle on your way to your hunting area or while in your stand. (Stay away from scented candies, snacks and mints as well).
4. Don’t overhunt any stand. The more you intrude into a deer, elk or bear’s area, the more likely they will notice you and pattern your comings and goings. Set up several stands. Give each one a rest once in a while.
5. For early season and post rut White Tail deer hunting, set your stands to take advantage of bedding and feeding areas. Careful patterning of animal movement, morning and evening, will improve your odds at catching game coming or going to their bedding areas or feeding areas. After you have set your stand, spray it and everything else you touched while setting it up with Scent Killer spray to remove any foreign smells from the area.
6. In the early season hunt deer during the dark of the moon . Generally in full moon periods deer will feed all night. During a full moon in the early season, if you have limited time afield, hunt White Tails at mid day, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. There are exceptions to everything, however.
7. Hunt any major change in the weather. Approaching rain or snow, drastic changes in barometric pressure or temperature. Deer and bears can tell when the weather is going to change. When the weather changes dramatically, it will usually result in increased animal movement and feeding. The best times to hunt are on the front and back sides of bad weather fronts.
