Smoking your hunting clothes?

[ario]

I do the usual, wash with scent free soap (clothes and myself), store my clothes in scent free bags and spray down with scent free spray. I have just started smoking my hunting clothes before using them. I have no results to report yet, but would like to hear from others as to your opinion on this. Is this an effective method for covering human scent? Will deer run from the smell of smoke?

[Gblack15]

I personally believe and from my experience any unfamiliar smell at all will spook deer. I avoid cover scents and do everything i can to keep my scent down. That combined with playing the wind is your best strategy.
IMHO

[Iluv2hunt]

Smoke in itself is a natural way to kill bacteria. That practice has been around since the beginning of time. However if there is not a fire for 50 miles, a smoked set of clothes may be an alarm bell ringing

[9dawgs]

Yeah, I've never "smoked" my clothes but they've gotten plenty smoky around the campfire before a hunt. I usually just wash with the scent free soap both my cloths and my body. I have started putting a pine bow in with them when I store them though. I read that somewhere. Don't know if it's affective but it can't hurt.