hey man you should put it out a couple of days before to allow the scent to move with the wind mabe bout a week before once a buck smells it hell hang around also while your on the way to your stan put some out my friend told me to get a cottonball and wet it with the tink or what ever you plan on usin then put the cotton ball in a little black film container and close it with some little holes in it and put a little sent on top of the cap
good luck