For those who skipped English class the day they covered euphemisms, these drier sheets smell like dirt. Not just any dirt, mind you, but the nitrogen rich dirt in a container of nightcrawlers. Go into a hardwood bottom and kick up some rotting leaves, and you’ll get the idea. I use an unscented detergent with no UV brighteners in the wash, and then I dry everything with a scented sheet. One sheet in a load of clothes leaves a scent you can smell as soon as you open the door at the end of the cycle. If you store your clothes in an airtight container, they will keep the scent for months. I have a plastic container in my garage labeled “dirt box” into which I put all of my deer hunting clothes along with some scented wafers from the same product line. Incidentally, I wash my hands with scent-free soap before folding the clothes after I dry them. The Sporting Wife follows the same protocol when washing my deer hunting clothes, although it amuses her to no end to take so much trouble in making clean clothes smell like worm dirt.
One concern I had given the strength of the scent is that it might be too much. Empirical data suggests this is not the case, as I have had deer within seven yards of an open ladder stand for an extended period of time while using this product. I suppose the effect is no different than kicking the leaves out of one’s spot when hunting from the ground. I’m sure a deer could smell it, but it would be a familiar smell. Deer make scrapes, after all, and other animals burrow in denning and searching for food. If anything, the smell might arouse a deer’s natural curiosity. At any rate, I haven’t had any deer display a negative reaction to the scent wafers when I have placed them around my stand.
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1 John Schwartz // Oct 1, 2009 at 10:39 am
If you’ve hunted deer for 37 years as I have then you’re well aware of the improvements product manufacturers have made with cover-up human scent products. I’ve smelled like red fox urine, skunks and/or anything else I thought would give me an edge over deer.
Ever since I discovered H.S. Scents Fresh Earth Scent products I’ve been hooked. The dryer sheets are an excellent product, very convenient and I wear them out. I use them in the dryer, I pack them in my trunks where I keep my hunting clothes and gear during and between seasons plus at my hunting property “man cabin” I put them in the closet and drawers. I’ll also put them inside my boots and inside my hat.
The dryer sheets smell like 100% fresh earth scented dirt. It’s not offensive to anyone and I haven’t had any instances where I feel like the odor has “spooked” deer. Dirt is everywhere.
Excellent product especially when you team it up with the fresh earth scent spray and towel wipes. No complaints.
2 armchairoutfitter // Oct 1, 2009 at 11:03 am
They do smell remarkably like straight-up dirt. And while the smell is not my favorite, it’s much better than the skunk scent I used bowhunting 25 years ago. That stuff would burn the hair out of your nose!
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