I am assuming it is sour grapes for four hunters who are suing the manufacturer and retail distributors of hunting clothes that mask human scent. Specifically targeted is ALS Enterprises Inc. – the makers of Scent-Lok clothing.

Apparently, according to the plaintiffs hunters are being ‘duped’ by it’s actual effectiveness. I don’t use the clothing. I can’t afford it. Besides, my hunter orange clothing tends to take on the smell and savor of the most recent meal in our hunt camp. Sometimes, it is fresh ‘bacon and eggs‘ scent or ‘mom’s NEW hot and spicy chili‘ scent. I doubt the carbon clothing could hide those realities of a hunt camp.

I am NOT saying carbon clothing does not work. I don’t know either way.

As I read the article about the lawsuit (click here), I was thinking to myself how you would prove that the clothing did not work. The experiment would have so many variables like wind direction, wind speed, were any body parts uncovered (ie. were his/her feet covered), hunter noise, what the deer saw, deer nose sensitivity, the weather, exterior odors on the clothing, the height of the the treestand, timing of the hunt, the smells on other pieces of equipment, and many more.

It is stupid. It smacks more of a money mission than a fact finding mission.

Imagine, if I sued the ammunition manufacturer because I missed deer with their shells – despite their advertising indicating their ammunition was the most accurate on the market. The same would apply to the gun I was using.

I hope these guys retract their lawsuit. Then, the companies won’t have to raise the price of their scent-reducing products and I could be one pay check away from owning some. This way I could find out for myself if it worked or not.

According to, Tom Remington, (Black Bear Blog), Scent-lok has created a new section (click here to visit this new section) on their website to present the science behind their products.

Decide for yourself.