My belief (in my area especially) is that deer don't fear scents that are new to them. Unlike the professionals who push scent control products on the average hunter, I use earth scent spray and rubber boots from the house to the woods. Even a saturday afternoon trip to Applebee's to watch to college football and grab a beer and sampler platter in my camo doesn't spook deer (in my area) when I go back in.

From my point of view, 75% of the products out today are gimmicks. My grandfather (and at times still today my brother) goes out in every day overalls and work boots...and drops huge deer every fall. Sometimes my brosmokes cigs, other times he'sjamming to his ipod. I'm more conventional, but question the reaction to outside scents whitetails rarely get wind of.