Well, if you don't have the right wind, the scent sticks won't help you much. If you do, that would probably be a good choice. I've never used them, so how well they work I really can't say. Scent wicks are also reliant on the wind direction. And if the wind direction takes the scent to him, it may also take your scent to him. If it were me, I would pull a scent drag across the clearing to where you want him to be. Maybe add some scent half way across so it seems to get stronger for him. But I would definantly have on rubber boots and would have sprayed them down with Scent-Killer. You won't leave much if any human scent if you are careful.