I was reading some archery hunting articles and Phone odor was brought up. I never considered it before although it should be obvious it would carry lots of odor. Took my case off and washed it with hunting soap. Everyone be safe and good luck!
I was reading about the guy that killed Hammer last year and he was talking about how he doesn't even drink coffee in the mornings before a hunt because of the coffee breath. Not something I'm willing to try but makes sense. If I can smell my coffee breath then the deer definitely can!
Wipe mine down with the field wipes before most hunts.
May not make a difference...but I go to great links to minimize my scent...so 3 seconds wiping down my phone isn't even a blip on the radar when everything is considered.
Think people get a little to carried away. I've killed a shipping container of deer and a pile of mature bucks and 90% of the time had my phone in my hand and 100% of the time had it on me
^*^^ this. The best thing to do is keep the wind blowing away from the deer. I try to minimize the scent I leave behind walking in and out but there's nothing you can do imo to keep a deer from smelling you if the wind is blowing to it. And for the people that's going to argue and say you've killed 100 deer downwind it's probably because your scent was blowing over it due to thermals and other variables.
I never hunt the wind and never use any kinda scent spray or scent wash. I've noticed that if a deer comes in and it's cautious it doesn't matter what the wind is doing its gonna find you.