I will bet that if you take a poll on hunters that kill Mature ( 3 1/2 to 5 1/2 year old) deer, the majority would go to traditional tactics and without the use of scents and calls. I know that here in Maine, calls and scents do work, but I can count one hand the amount of times I have heard someone tell me they killed thier Big Buck while using a call or scent. I also would be willing to bet that anyone in this forum that knows people or is a person that regularly kills mature bucks, the top answer would be without the use of them.
Yes, scents and calls do work, but I am sold on the fact that they are not the answer if you want to cosistantly kill Mature Deer!!
Go ahead and blow your calls and use your scents, I am sure that the companys that make them are laughing all the way to the bank while us traditional hunters are piling up the big boys without them!!