i use knight and hall scents. cheep and you get more. i cut it with my urine or mix it with urine I've collected from deer and froze. i don't believe you need to spend a lot of money to get scents to work. i use them on scrapes and as drags. i also use them as cover scents. they seem to work fine for me. maybe you smell or just are having a run of bad luck with them. hope it turns for ya bro, good luck.