After going round and round on this topic in my own head, I am coming to the conclusion that:
1. If deer are on alert and they get even the tiniest whiff of you, the hunt is over. Includes scent lok.
2. If you are constantly down wind, including your path into your stand, virtually no scent control is needed.
3. If you walk into your stand across the deers path (as mentioned by North22), then scent minimization might get you off the hook and not busted. And furthermore, your chances of not getting busted increase as your scent decreases.
4. If deer are not on alert, the scent minimization might work to a point, at least in situations where the wind is not directly blowing your scent to the deer. This is what a very experienced hunter friend of mine told me.
That said, I still probably will not be going out and buying this scent lok product. Not now anyway as money is tight. Rather, I will work on scent minimization and setting up and hunting only when the wind is right.
Last edited by MZS; 03-25-2013 at 04:44 AM.