Brand new to the forum guys, this place is an absolute wealth of great info and I am glad to be here. I hope I am not breaking any forum rules or posting something that has already been covered. I searched 3 times and saw nothing so I am going to share some of my recent findings regarding ozone use to get rid of your scent and how it has worked for me on hogs in Deep South Texas.
I like hunting from a ground blind very close (30ft) from one of my feeders. Its a real rush to see either a sounder or lone boars up close and personal and take them that way by suppressed rifle. After being winded several times in the early morning hours (1:00-4:00am) when the wind dies down and/or begins to swirl and seeing sounder after sounder run off, I kept searching for an advantage and think I have found one - OZONE. I bought a cheap ozone generator off Amazon and began treating my clothing in a rubber tote at home then sealing them in large trash bags. I throw those bags of treated clothes in the back of my truck and change into them right before the hunt.
These are the results I have seen. When the hogs get close to you, they DO seem to smell the ozone but it does not alert or scare them like your normal human scent does. They will begin rooting, then at some point sense the ozone, raise up, freeze, and smell the air for 3-5 seconds, then go right back to rooting whereas without the ozone treatment, they would have run off.
This is not an advertisement for Ozonics. Though I do own an Ozonics HR500 unit and it works well, it makes a subtle noise inside the blind that I don't like and breaks the dead silence I like to maintain so I don't use it much in blinds. Add to that the $500.00 cost and in my opinion, you can do just as well with a $50 ozone generator from Amazon. I treat everything I wear, boots and underclothing included and I am convinced it can give you an edge. Mind you, I view ozone as a "supplement" to overall scent control like showering with unscented wash before the hunt and washing your clothing in unscented detergent.
No doubt some will say, "Just play the wind right and you'll be ok" and while I cant dispute that sage advice, when the wind dies down or begins to swirl, I have witnessed that ozone can give you an edge. At the very least, it can give you an extra few seconds to line up that perfect shot that you otherwise wouldn't have had.
I like hunting from a ground blind very close (30ft) from one of my feeders. Its a real rush to see either a sounder or lone boars up close and personal and take them that way by suppressed rifle. After being winded several times in the early morning hours (1:00-4:00am) when the wind dies down and/or begins to swirl and seeing sounder after sounder run off, I kept searching for an advantage and think I have found one - OZONE. I bought a cheap ozone generator off Amazon and began treating my clothing in a rubber tote at home then sealing them in large trash bags. I throw those bags of treated clothes in the back of my truck and change into them right before the hunt.
These are the results I have seen. When the hogs get close to you, they DO seem to smell the ozone but it does not alert or scare them like your normal human scent does. They will begin rooting, then at some point sense the ozone, raise up, freeze, and smell the air for 3-5 seconds, then go right back to rooting whereas without the ozone treatment, they would have run off.
This is not an advertisement for Ozonics. Though I do own an Ozonics HR500 unit and it works well, it makes a subtle noise inside the blind that I don't like and breaks the dead silence I like to maintain so I don't use it much in blinds. Add to that the $500.00 cost and in my opinion, you can do just as well with a $50 ozone generator from Amazon. I treat everything I wear, boots and underclothing included and I am convinced it can give you an edge. Mind you, I view ozone as a "supplement" to overall scent control like showering with unscented wash before the hunt and washing your clothing in unscented detergent.
No doubt some will say, "Just play the wind right and you'll be ok" and while I cant dispute that sage advice, when the wind dies down or begins to swirl, I have witnessed that ozone can give you an edge. At the very least, it can give you an extra few seconds to line up that perfect shot that you otherwise wouldn't have had.