A friend of mine used Tinks scent bombs (with Tinks 69) on the first day of rifle season last year, and bagged the biggest buck I've seen on my own property. It came in, nose to the ground, heading straight for the scent bombs. The way I figure, the rut activity is later in WV than in Maryland and Virginia. Even this year, I would think there should be some rut activity during rifle season. In fact, we have witnessed rut activity during rifle season more often than not over the past 6 years I have owned the property. I would use the scents any time from now through rifle season. With the bombs, you can reuse them without having to buy more scent.