Odor eliminating items and methods of use for hunting

Abstract

A regimen for hunting includes using a number of activated carbon-containing personal items in connection with a hunter's apparel and body to reduce the hunter's scent for improved hunting. The personal items include mouthwash, deodorant/anti-perspirant, body and boot powder, bar and liquid soap for cleansing the body and hair, laundry detergent and dryer sheets. Each of the personal items includes an effective amount of activated carbon, so that use of the personal items reduces the available scent to be detected by animals in the wild.

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         17 . A scent eliminating personal hygiene item selected from the group consisting of mouthwash, bar soap, liquid soap, body powder, and deodorant or antiperspirant, wherein the mouthwash and deodorant or antiperspirant each contain an amount of activated carbon up to 1.0% by weight, and each of the bar soap, the body powder, and the liquid spray each contain an amount of activated carbon up to 5.0% by weight.  
     
     
         18 . The item of  claim 17 , wherein the activated carbon amount ranges between 0.1 and 2.0% by weight for the liquid soap, between 0.1 and 4.0% by weight for the bar soap and the body powder, and between 0.1 and 0.5% by weight for deodorant or antiperspirant, and mouthwash.  
     
     
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         21 . A method of preparing for hunting comprising: 
 applying a liquid spray containing an amount of an odor eliminating adsorbent up to 5.0% by weight, to at least a portion of a hunter's body prior to or during hunting.    
     
     
         22 . A method of preparing for hunting comprising: 
 washing hunting apparel in a powered laundry detergent containing an amount of an odor eliminating adsorbent up to 5.0% by weight or a liquid laundry detergent containing an amount of an odor eliminating adsorbent up to 10.0% by weight.    
     
     
         23 . A method of preparing for hunting comprising: 
 washing hunting apparel in a powdered laundry detergent containing an amount of an odor eliminating adsorbent up to 5.0% by weight or a liquid laundry detergent containing an amount of an odor eliminating adsorbent up to 10.0% by weight, and then drying the washed apparel in the presence of a dryer sheet containing an amount of an odor eliminating adsorbent up to 5.0% by weight.    
     
     
         24 . The method of  claim 23 , further comprising: 
 applying a liquid spray containing an amount of an odor eliminating adsorbent up to 5.0% by weight to the hunting apparel to be worn for hunting.    
     
     
         25 . The method of  claim 23 , further comprising: 
 applying a powder containing an amount of an odor eliminating adsorbent up to 5.0% by weight to hunting apparel to be worn for hunting;    
     
     
         26 . A method of preparing for hunting comprising: 
 a) applying a liquid spray or a powder, each containing an amount of an odor eliminating adsorbent up to 5.0% by weight, to at least a portion of a hunter's body prior to or during hunting;    b) washing a portion of the hunter's body with one of a liquid or a bar soap, the liquid soap containing an amount of an odor eliminating adsorbent up to 3.0% by weight, and the bar soap containing an amount of an odor eliminating adsorbent up to 5.0% by weight;    c) rinsing a mouth of the hunter with a mouthwash containing an amount of an odor eliminating adsorbent up to 1.0% by weight; and    d) applying a deodorant or antiperspirant containing an amount of an odor eliminating adsorbent up to 1.0% by weight to a portion of a hunter's body.    
     
     
         27 . A method of preparing for hunting comprising: 
 washing a portion of the hunter's body with one of a liquid or a bar soap, the liquid soap containing an amount of an odor eliminating adsorbent up to 3.0% by weight, and the bar soap containing an amount of an odor eliminating adsorbent up to 5.0% by weight;    
     
     
         28 . The method of  claim 22 , wherein the odor eliminating adsorbent ranges between 0.1 and 4.0% by weight for the liquid laundry detergent and between 0.1 and 5.0% for the powered laundry detergent.  
     
     
         29 . The method of  claim 23 , wherein the odor eliminating adsorbent ranges between 0.1 and 4.0% by weight for the liquid laundry detergent and the dryer sheet, and between 0.1 and 5.0% for the powered laundry detergent.  
     
     
         30 . The method of  claim 27 , wherein the odor eliminating adsorbent ranges between 0.1 and 2.0% by weight for the liquid soap, and between 0.1 and 4.0% by weight for the bar soap.  
     
     
         31 . A method of preparing for hunting comprising: 
 rinsing a mouth of the hunter with a mouthwash containing an amount of an odor eliminating adsorbent up to 1.0% by weight.    
     
     
         32 . A method of preparing for hunting comprising: 
 applying a stick deodorant or a stick antiperspirant containing an amount of an odor eliminating adsorbent up to 1.0% by weight to a portion of a hunter's body.    
     
     
         33 . A method of preparing for hunting comprising: 
 applying a powder containing an amount of an odor eliminating adsorbent up to 5.0% by weight to hunting apparel to be worn for hunting.    
     
     
         34 . A method of preparing for hunting comprising: 
 applying a powder containing an amount of an odor eliminating adsorbent up to 5.0% by weight to a portion of a hunter's body.