Comments on: Plaintiffs In “Scent-Lok” Case Claim Facts Hidden And Conspiracy http://minnesotahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/21/plaintiffs-in-scent-lok-case-claim-facts-hidden-and-conspiracy/ Online Hunting Magazine Mon, 17 May 2010 05:30:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Toby Bridges http://minnesotahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/21/plaintiffs-in-scent-lok-case-claim-facts-hidden-and-conspiracy/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Toby Bridges Mon, 07 Jul 2008 14:57:36 +0000 http://minnesotahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/21/plaintiffs-in-scent-lok-case-claim-facts-hidden-and-conspiracy/#comment-99 Back about ten years ago, the Scent-Lok concept peaked my interest, so I decided to give it a try. I wore the complete outfit religiously during all of the bow...muzzleloader...and modern gun seasons hunted that fall and winter. (And I regularly "reactivated" the clothing as prescribed.) In all, I spent somewhere around 60 days in the field (and deer woods) that year, and I cannot say that I saw more deer in range because of the suit than during previous (or since) hunting seasons when I did not wear the so-called scent eliminating clothing. If there is a case to be made here against Scent-Lok and those listed as co-defendents, it's for giving those Scent-Lok wearing hunters false hopes of success - and charging darn high prices for those hopes. (But, we can find a little of that in just about every product ad, piece of promo material or commercial.) Even so, some of the guilt belongs to those hunters who look for the "quick fix" to or "easy way around" problems (as they perceive it) encountered when hunting big game, especially the white-tailed deer. ALL SMART DEER HUNTERS learn to respect the sensitivity of a whitetail's nose, and quickly learn that it is the deer's first line of defense. Simply put, you might fool some deer by wearing "magic clothing" or using "miracle cover scents"...but sooner or later when one of those sensitive noses walks downwind of your stand, YOU ARE GOING TO GET BUSTED! But, that's the real challenge of deer hunting. Having the woods savvy to find those ideal stand locations that will put you in the closest proximity of the deer you look to harvest - with the lowest chances of being detectected by a whitetail's super sensitive nose. Whenever deer hunting gets as easy as slipping on a set of that "magic clothing"...dousing the area around us with attractants - whether they come out of a bottle, burnt like incense, or sprayed from an aerosol can - then having to fight off hordes of deer...the sport has lost its challenge. At that point we become little more than shooters, and much less a true hunter. No clothing or bottled scent is an acceptable alternative for intelligent hunting. In my opinion, the case against Scent-Lok and the list of co-defendents is a frivilous waste of Minnesota court time. And if anyone is guilty of anything, it is those attorneys who implanted the "hopes" of winning this suit (and who will make all the money there is to be made). Their promises of victory are likely no less fraudulent than the claims made by Scent-Lok, and those merchants/licensees who sold their scent-eliminating clothing. After all, even hope has its price. Toby Bridges NORTH AMERICAN MUZZLELOADER HUNTING ASSOCIATION Back about ten years ago, the Scent-Lok concept peaked my interest, so I decided to give it a try. I wore the complete outfit religiously during all of the bow…muzzleloader…and modern gun seasons hunted that fall and winter. (And I regularly “reactivated” the clothing as prescribed.) In all, I spent somewhere around 60 days in the field (and deer woods) that year, and I cannot say that I saw more deer in range because of the suit than during previous (or since) hunting seasons when I did not wear the so-called scent eliminating clothing.

If there is a case to be made here against Scent-Lok and those listed as co-defendents, it’s for giving those Scent-Lok wearing hunters false hopes of success – and charging darn high prices for those hopes. (But, we can find a little of that in just about every product ad, piece of promo material or commercial.)

Even so, some of the guilt belongs to those hunters who look for the “quick fix” to or “easy way around” problems (as they perceive it) encountered when hunting big game, especially the white-tailed deer. ALL SMART DEER HUNTERS learn to respect the sensitivity of a whitetail’s nose, and quickly learn that it is the deer’s first line of defense.

Simply put, you might fool some deer by wearing “magic clothing” or using “miracle cover scents”…but sooner or later when one of those sensitive noses walks downwind of your stand, YOU ARE GOING TO GET BUSTED!

But, that’s the real challenge of deer hunting. Having the woods savvy to find those ideal stand locations that will put you in the closest proximity of the deer you look to harvest – with the lowest chances of being detectected by a whitetail’s super sensitive nose.

Whenever deer hunting gets as easy as slipping on a set of that “magic clothing”…dousing the area around us with attractants – whether they come out of a bottle, burnt like incense, or sprayed from an aerosol can – then having to fight off hordes of deer…the sport has lost its challenge. At that point we become little more than shooters, and much less a true hunter.

No clothing or bottled scent is an acceptable alternative for intelligent hunting.

In my opinion, the case against Scent-Lok and the list of co-defendents is a frivilous waste of Minnesota court time. And if anyone is guilty of anything, it is those attorneys who implanted the “hopes” of winning this suit (and who will make all the money there is to be made). Their promises of victory are likely no less fraudulent than the claims made by Scent-Lok, and those merchants/licensees who sold their scent-eliminating clothing.

After all, even hope has its price.

Toby Bridges
NORTH AMERICAN MUZZLELOADER
HUNTING ASSOCIATION

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