I don't hang the earth wafers around me. The ONLY wafers I have ever hung were the Doe Estrus wafers and they got me my 10-point buck 4 seasons ago.

As for scent control, I use the wafers in my clothes box. That way when I pull my clothes out, they already smell like the earth scent without spraying anything on them. I also don't wear rubber boots. I just shower in scent elim soap, take my clothes out of my bin.. and once I get to my parking spot, I spray down with either Fall Blend or Earth scent from HS. Spray the clothes, my hands, hair and then my Rocky boots. I have yet to have a deer wind me and the last two times I have been out, the does I watched walked directly up the trail I can in on without any alerting. So I would think about ditching the wafers in the woods and try some alternative methods to scent elimination. I'm sure everyone has their own little things they do before and while in the woods.