I have had great luck with scents over the years. Was it due to the scent or coincidental? Who knows. I found the trick for me was not to use wally world or dicks scents as I figure every deer for a 100 miles has smell that Sh*^.
I guess the price for the VS is high but not when you figure it into my years worth of purchases. I see that guy on TV pushing it along with deer herd in a stick and remember he was also pushing the mock scrape maker. SO......