TO maximize your chance of success you must practice scent control. There will always be the chance of getting lucky and you hear stories of them guys saying yeah I did this and the deer never detected anything. But those are few and far between. At least when your hunting wild deer that live away from human activity. I am pretty strict on scent control and always play the wind the very best I can. If the wind is not right and I have zero chance of a deer coming from another way. I would rather hunt the ground with the wind in my favor as a last resort.