How do you store your wool clothing in the off season? Mothballs or cedar or what else, i just don't want them to scare off the deer come fall but i don't want moths to eat them up either.
With your question, I realized I still have some 30-year old wool clothing. I've always just hung them in a dry place. Never had a problem with moths around here, but I would prefer cedar over mothballs just because of the horrendous stench of mothballs. I've had good luck with cedar keeping bugs out of my fly-tying materials though. FWIW.
I store mine in a cedar chest all year long.
Ok...Being that this past year was the first time I hunted with wool. How would you get the cedar smell out without shrinking it in the wash? Just hang it up and air it out?
Put them in a airtight storage container. And then a few days before your ready to use air them out.<><
Golden Hawk, don't worry about the cedar smell. Animals don't mind it.
I store them in cedar-lined containers. And then rub fresh cedar leaves and berries into the wool when I get to my hunting area.
Store wool in a cedar chest. A few weeks before opening day I hand wash and air dry my cloths. My stuff stays outside during the season.
I keep all my hunting clothes in rubber-maid totes in the garage. Have never had any problem with moths or critters.