I have a bunch of them in several properties & will use a stand untill I get busted or I dont see deer. I dont think you would contaminate it with scent if your careful & have found that even if they do scent my trail so long as they dont find me it doesn't bug them much. I watched a doe look for me for 1/2 hour early season & it helped pass the time. She kept coming back the same way with her 2 fawns up untill the rut too.