Grizzly wintergreen doesn't seem to bother them, I've shot deer the last 2 years while I was chewing. I've never really thought about it spooking deer but after I've read about people spitting in bottels in the woods im sure I'll reconsider spitting on the ground this year. I'd say Skoal apple attracting them is a myth, it doesn't really smell like natural apples, so I'd say if it "attracts" them it attracts them just as much as any other flavor.