if youre going to use a scent use a curiosity scent such as buck nip, this is a sweet smelling scent. Stay away from any sexual scents unless its doe pee without heat, and stay away from buck in rut scents. There is a gel that i used to use early season, it was a curriosity scent that really worked early season. Deer would like it off the branches or what ever. I cant remember the name of it though. It came in a squeeze tube like the scent shield tubes, but I dont think it was made by scent shield. But IT WORKED WITHIN MINUTES. If I can find it Ill let you know what it is.