it does help alot. i like hunting in the ravines and creek bottoms but the deer are so off of there usual traveling routes that its hard to set up on them to get them within bow range. the buck i shot last weekend was on no particular trail him and his doe was just troting through the timber. If the buck was trailing the doe at a distance of 20 to 25 yards behind her do you think the rut is just begining? that doe was playing real hard to get she was bookin pretty good through the woods. the wind changed on me but she seemed not to mind but that buck he knew something wasn't right. he just so happened to stop in a good shooting lane.