i chew on stand ana spit on the ground i have had 3 deer come in and lick and sniff my spit i have never had a prob with it detoring deer frome comeing hell for that matter my buddy was 30 yards frome me last year smokeing and had a 160" 9 point come in down wind with his head up smelling it walked to 10 yards of the stand he now hangs on his wall