To me, it’s always difficult to tell. I use it and have had deer dead downwind of me without noticing a thing...I’ve also had the same experience without the Ozonics with just proper scent control.

 

following... I'm wondering the same thing. Alot of $$ to try it out yourself

 

I hate hunting gimmicks but my friends talked me into buying one and my opinion is it at least helps especially in a ground blind. I also think the scent crusher stuff works really good.

 

Couple people I have talked to say it helps. The right setup is key. Also said that the absence of smell created by ozone has been known to "spook" deer or put them on alert. Which makes me iffy about it. May just use it in a dry wash bag and not carry in field.

I also have a young son who will begin to hunt in the upcoming years so we will be blind hunting the early season. My thought was to get one for that so in the case we do have a mature deer come in on a down wind side. Cause anyone who has kids know the stink 😄

 

yes. I will not go in the woods without one. Not 100% but it has not hurt me.

 

Got a good deal on a 300. 2 XL batteries. Kenetic pack, driwash bag, neoprene cover and both tree(×2) and blind mounts for $450. Used one season. Guy didnt like the smell of ozone.

 

I vote no, not worth the money and extra crap to drag around the woods. I just hunt the wind and be as scent free as you can.

 

Yes, they are a game changer. Especially early season - I started using one last year and won't go to the stand without mine now.

 

I’ve been wondering this myself. I always take wind in consideration when choosing a stand but anything that helps I’m willing to consider

 

Taking a shower and keeping camo scent free is less expensive but bow hunters are suckers for gimmicks.

 

Have seen it work quite well in a blind, in the open air it is much less effective, though I am pretty sure it saved my but last Nov. Had a group of does go by early and get down wind, one at a time they locked up in the same place and test the air, luckily none ever blew or spooked, just drifted off, I turned around to see a good buck following a doe right into the pinch point I was in, killed him a couple minutes after!

 

If you have the money, they are absolutely worth it. In my experience they will buy you time. Usually about 1 minute. But deer and hogs have insane noses and will likely know something is up after about a minute and they will still spook, but not as bad or as quickly as they do without ozonics. Just be careful when you’re in a blind not to breathe in a bunch of it, make sure it’s pointed out the window and you can’t smell it.


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if in aa tree and it is windy, they do not help, most other times they are good, but still try to be as scent free as you can be and play the wind

 

I plan on mainly using it for the drywash function and in a ground blind with my boy. I have heard of guys using it to check cams too and cant see how it could hurt.

 

I don't use one in the tree but I do treat my clothes with a $40 ozone generator prior to going to the woods. It does remove odors very well but Ozone also has a smell. It's made a difference in what I can get away with these days. I hunt in an area where playing the wind doesn't really work because the hills and valleys make the direction change by the hour.

 

I've used them for several years. When deer are downwind I think a lot of them get confused. They walk off, some blow. Nothing is 100%

 

Nope. And o3 is not good for your respiratory tract either.

 

Thanks all for the feed back! Purched the unit. Ready to see how effective it is this upcoming season

 

I have a couple and havent noticed a difference one way or the other while using it . For the guys who love to talk about hunting the wind , it must be nice to never have swirling wind where you hunt.

 

No doubt. I bought one a few years ago and wish I’d done it sooner. It’s effective, (not 100%, nothing is), especially early season when winds are more shifty.


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It’s impossible for ozone to have any appreciable impact on human scent, in an open air environment, as it pertains to a deers olfactory system.
Just ask someone that...A, understands how ozone works and B, someone that works with ozone on a regular basis.

In a blind, yep.
On cloths, yep(but any gains are instantly reversed the moment the clothes are worn again)
In an open air environment, not a chance.

For every time an ozonics user says....but, I had deer directly down wind, and nothing- a non-ozonics user has had the exact same thing happen to them(including myself).

The placebo effect, is very powerful.

 

I borrowed the ones I used, no placebo at all, in calm condition's in the open it works, I have been winded more times than I would ever care to count, and when you watch deer hit your scent stream, get a little nervous and then go on about there business with out blowing up the woods it is obvious what happened!

I have been through the ringer with scent control for 25 years, nothing had worked like the ozone, i even used to wear 3 layers of scent lock/blocker clothing and was no go for me, maybe I stink worse than others that have had good results?

We have an ozone room at camp so all boots and gear stay scent free which I believe is a huge factor, but the machine works in the right situations!