I've used baking soda since the 80's
wash my things in it, sprinkle some on things and
showered with it too
it does help to hide scent i tHINK
now as for a cover scent, i don't buy any, any more
I much rather use natural things in my area i am hunting
i gather acorns and pine limbs from my area and store in with my gear all the time
i take pine trees and use limbs as cover added to my treestands, to both blend me in better and help hide my scent
i have a lot of pine trees in my area
i take a small bottle of so called scent killer with me in my stand, and spray down once there
i think a lot of scent is carried in on the walk in, if you sweat at all, your making scent
I also never wear any hunting gear from home to area, i always change into hunting clothes/gear at the truck before walking in, and i wear as little as possible going in to nOt sweat
over the past many yrs, i don't ever notice getting winded, , but I know i do a lot of extra's. Few will or can do
I never wear same gear 2 sits in a row, without washing, i have a full room in my house dedicated to storing my hunting gear, and it is kept scent free yr round, NOtHING but hunting gear ever goes in this room, and i never go in it without being as scent free as i can be, I also keep fresh pine tree branches in this room, and a few containers of acorns too lol
30 yrs of bow hunting, i found what works for me?
but its a personal deal with how far you want to go with trying
ran the line of cover scents, from fox urine to you name it
i prefer to try to bring NO scent in to a set as i can
I feel adding any, just makes deer look for source
and or makes them nervous, something i try to avoid doing
i don't even use doe in heat scents anymore