I like the boot pads, on the way to the stand, then I use the canisters with the wicks at the stand! I've tried a bunch of different scents, but always end up going back to Tinks69. The biggest deer I ever shot came through the woods like a freight train, and stuck his nose right in my film container with Tinks in it! I've also shot a doe with her nose in a Tinks container! I usually don't start using scent until a week or 2 before the rut!

I've also had a "close" encounter with a deer because of the boot pads, and Tinks!! When gun hunting, I almost always still hunt.(spend enough time in a stand bow hunting). Well after a morning of beating the brush I find a downed log to sit on, with a tree to lean against! After about 15 minutes, just enough time for me to start to dose off, Ihere a little rustling behind me, only to turn and see a deer staring back at me, at about 3 feet!! I swear I saw my reflection in his eyes!! When he bolted, he nearly jumped right over me! Scared the %^&* out of me! I never even got a shot off! I just ducked out of his way!!! To this day I still laugh at myself, about that day, I reacted like a scared little girl!!