well im one of the suckers, although i have had it work last season I got bored in the stand and hadent seen anything all morning so I thought id try it, so I did and within 35 mins a small 8 pt 100 class was walking strait to me, this is the only time Ive had it work so not sure if it was just he was passing through or if it really worked,, but I tried it again acouple weeks after and scared off some deer. guess it just depends