The scents work! I have used them in the past. The last time I used them was when it worked on me! I must have got some on me and one night on the way out of stand I had a little eight point fallow me out of the woods! I assume I must have got some on me or he was smelling what was on the bottle. But I could only get him to stop when I would put the flashlight on him and then after a few more yards he was back on trail again. I have to walk about half a mile to get to stand and that deer got about sixty yards behind me by the time I got to truck! I also feel that a good scent is something you can wear a hole in real quick if not careful. Bucks are not dumb, and if they smell the same sex to much with no results they can pattern that stuff IMO. Last year I bought a ready doe decoy, but as the scents I think I used it to soon and the deer were wise to it by the time rut came in. Now It is packed up and I plan on only using it a few times, when I think them big guys are running low on brain blood if ya know what I mean! I also want to use it at the end of a scent trail. I will also say though that I hunt a lot like mike. I have a good funnel that is in between the beds and food/water so I can do a lot of my hunting that way.