New chewing gum for hunters conceals smell of human breath: U.S. inventor

[Champ]

DEERBROOK, Wis. (AP) - A deer hunter in Wisconsin is marketing a new type of chewing gum he claims can mask human-smelling breath and help hunters move closer to their prey.



Neil Bretl says his Gum-o-Flage helps fool the animals' hypersensitive noses to human scent. Hunters already can use special soap, shampoo and clothing detergent to eliminate human smell. Some even pay $300 US for scent-control coveralls or rub themselves with horse manure.


Now, for $4.99, hunters can get 12 olive green, Chiclet-style tablets in a blister pack. "Its sugar-free, by the way," said Bretl, 35, whose licence plate reads GUM GUY.


The idea came seven years ago when Bretl, a gun hunter since boyhood, began going after deer with a bow and arrow. That meant hunting at closer range, and Bretl took precautions to eliminate his human odour, including wearing carbon-lined clothing that was kept sealed in plastic bins with pine boughs.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=1835&ncid=1835&e=1&u=/cpress/20041025/ca_pr_on_od/oddity_hunter__s_gum

[chaska]

1. Buncha weinies...

I've done a lot of backpacking in my day. And I tell ya, if you can't get close to deer there's something wrong. The deer population is such that you practically have to wade through 'em in some areas. I've seen literally dozens some days. All the while, I might add, smelling rather too human ... if you know what I mean.

Hint: long distance backpacking trip ... a week or more between showers. You get the picture.

[DS1]

2. Sounds like an expensive ball of shit to me

It would be just as effective anyway