Growing up in Pennsylvania the words Scent elimination was not in my vocabulary. I have seen my father bring home countless, whitetail deer that he had shot wearing the same clothing he worked in that day. My father was a mechanic, and he was exposed to car fumes, wd-40, oil, and all the liquids that go with a garage. At 5:00 he would punch out and head to the stand in his blue work uniform, and climb a tree.
As time passed and I started hunting on my own, the clothing I would wear to school, was the clothing I found myself in 20 foot up a tree. I never used scent illuminating sprays, nor did I believe that a special type of garment would better my chances. I shot as many deer as anybody in my town, and I thought I was doing everything in my favor that would increase my chances of killing a deer. I tried placing some of my camo in garbage bags filled with pine cones and leaves, I tried baking soda and water, but it never seemed to make a difference.
In 2001 I started a Video production company called Hunting Extreme Productions. My idea was to buy a camera and start to film TV personalities. A few years later I was introduced to Scent Elimination. I remember the first time I was getting in the truck of Hunters Specialties Pro Staffer Matt Morrett, and seeing all the big fancy green bags, and all the bottles of Scent-away spray. I also remember telling Matt that all that stuff was just a way for a company to make money. I was wrong… Matt and I were heading to John wetstines place in Kansas and Matt was wondering how I kept my clothing scent free. I didn’t. All my clothing was in with my regular everyday clothes. I used Tide with bleach and ultra brightens on all my stuff. At that point Matt almost turned the truck around.
After arriving in camp, Matt took my camo realtree clothing and washed it in Scent-away, and dried them with the Scent-away dryer sheets, and placed scent wafers in a new proto type bag they have been working on. The next morning we had deer in places that they should have smelled us, and they did not. I was hooked on this process.
When I got home after that road trip, in which Matt killed a giant 156 inch 8 point, I figured if that system worked, there had to be more. I bought some Carbon clothing and figured if I use the H.S system with this clothing it would have to work. It worked well, for a while. The problem I had was, the extensive maintaince I had to do, and the lack of washes I was allowed to use on certain products. I found myself getting lazy and not putting the clothing in the dryer as much, and I lost confidence in the clothes. Even though I still sprayed down and used the H.S system my confidence was not there as much as it was when the clothing was new.
While on a trip with H.S I shared a tree with owner David Forbes. I was filming Dave over a food plot that had about 70 deer in it. The deer where down wind up wind, all over. He introduced me to a clothing line that since has changed my style of hunting, and over all opinion for ever. Medalist with SilverMax. Medalist has changed me and my whole family’s outlook on Scent technology in garments, and has made it more comfortable than ever for us to hunt.
Since wearing Medalist, our success rate has gone up, our animal sightings has gone way up, and the length of time spent in the woods has just about given me and my dad divorces. Medalist allows me to wash my clothing without worrying about, messing up the longenjevity of the garment. The lightness and comfort of there lines has made me a more stealthy hunter, as well as a patient hunter. The Silver technology allows me to not worry about sweating when temperatures rise, and freeze when the temperature drops. The Silver also allows me not to worry about bacteria growing on the garment, and then getting into my H.S scent bags. The fact is Medalist is the best clothing I have ever worn. From the socks, to my hat I feel invisible in the woods. If I am on a hunt back in the bush and I want to wash my Medalist, all I have to do is find a water puddle and the clothes can be washed. Who wants to carry a dryer around the bush with them. There is so many more great advantages with Medalist then any Carbon suite out there.
I now host a TV program on the Sportsman channel, Pursuit channel, and Wild TV. My job is to produce the best quality hunting TV program I can. From Florida gator hunting, to Montana Antelope hunting, and even the low temps of Winter hunting in South Dakota, Medalist with Silvermax is the only clothing I where as well as my field producers. Its funny how this story makes a full circle. My dad at one time whore the clothes he work in to hunt, now I where the clothes I work in, to hunt.
Corey Brossman – host of Innerloc’s OutThere TV
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