End of season blues - a gear washing question

[sad_story]

End the season... finally time (after a couple of seasons) to actually wash my gear....

 

What’s your guys’ thoughts on the best way to rid a washer AND a dryer of scents so that you can safely wash/dry gear with the scent less detergents?

 

 

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[ApexerER]

I honestly don't know if it works or not but I wash a couple of loads of regular wash with scent killer detergent and then wash my hunting gear. 

[G-Man]

Go buy a rubber made tub and hand wash if your worried.. wring and air dry outside .. put back in dry tub for storage..

[moog5050]

I just wash a load of towels in scent free detergent and dry them.  Be sure to remove the lint from the trap.  Good to go.

[loworange88]

I just wash and dry as I would any other item.   I have an old self standing clothes closet in the basement that I keep all my hunting clothes in during off season.  I have not found a need to de-scent the washer or dryer before washing dirty hunting clothes.

[landtracdeerhunter]

  Arm & Hammer sensitive Skin free and clear with baling soda. Dry outside is my preferred method  Then into the ozone closet. Nothing else come close. Air out good before wearing.  Be careful and research ozone use heavily before using though.  

[sad_story]

Great, thanks and happy holidays to all.... hope everyone’s got some fresh venison in there freezers....


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[blackradio]

I throw them in and put a little baking soda in. Never had any issues.

[MPHunter]

Just throw my hunting clothes in and use the scent killer detergent. I think the scent killer detergent effectively wipes out any scents left behind from previous washes. I then air dry.

[Robhuntandfish]

2 hours ago, sad_story said:

 

End the season... finally time (after a couple of seasons) to actually wash my gear....

 

What’s your guys’ thoughts on the best way to rid a washer AND a dryer of scents so that you can safely wash/dry gear with the scent less detergents?

 

 

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i just put all mine away .   Washed with scent free detergent and stored in closet.  But by season time next year they will take on some odors so I usually wash them again in Aug and then hang outside in a shed for the season and then wash and ozone them as i need to.  

Edited December 18, 2018 by Robhuntandfish

[UpStateRedNeck]

I almost never wash mine at the end if the season unless they're filthy or bloody.  I know I'm going to wash them again in the fall anyway.  But when I do, a load of towels in scent free (which doubles as my hunt shower towels for the season) beforehand.

[Al Bundy]

Hunting season is still going strong! Split season ducks opens in the western zone in a few weeks.  Snow geese is open now. You might get lucky and see a few heading south now. Then a month or two after ducks close, snows make their way north. Yotes are also open, pretty sure. Not time to hang the guns just yet!!!!

Washing.. I tell the wife to make sure she uses the scent free detergent. Not much concern after that.  I wonder if you ran the washer and dryer a cycle empty would that clear it of any smells. Doesn't seem that could hurt really.

[Five Seasons]

never been that concerned with the lingering odors of the washer because i always hang dry my stuff outside for a few days. Now this time a year thats tough, but I always rewash everything at the begining of the season anyhow. 

What I do do though with our frontloader is remove the tray that separates fabric softener and stuff and scrub it because that stuff gunks up in there. 

[Nomad]

I throw them in a pile on the floor in front of the washer , and in a day or two they’re , folded up in a stack in front of my gun room .

[turkeyfeathers]

7 hours ago, Belo said:

 

What I do do though with our frontloader is remove the tray that separates fabric softener and stuff and scrub it because that stuff gunks up in there. 

Thought you were talking about a muzzle loader at first. 

[Doc]

I have never washed any of my hunting clothes .....ever. The thought is that if I am not playing the wind 100% correctly, I will never beat the deer's nasal defenses no matter what I do to my clothes. But that may just be rationalization. I will say that I have been wearing some pretty nasty old unwashed hunting clothes when I have gotten pretty close to touching distance of deer without them ever being spooked (3-times). But the wind was straight away from the deer and right in my face. I am thinking that all the cleanliness activity probably causes more weird household scents than simply letting the fresh air de-stink them outside under the overhang of the well-house.

[greensider]

End of season not even close now you should be helping your deer survive the winter by hunting yotes

[Nomad]

15 minutes ago, greensider said:

End of season not even close now you should be helping your deer survive the winter by hunting yotes

Plan to, two nice huts with heaters ready to go .

[Dom]

Wash line dry and place in a tote never in the dryer for myself.Next season take from tote and hang on a clothes line for a few days and no real need in washing them during the season unless you want wear them and hang back outside 

Edited December 21, 2018 by Dom