I believe wearing full rubber boots like Lacrosse Burlys does more for scent control than everything combined. It’s not so much about the day your hunting but the next and so on. When that buck walks thu there at midnight and smells where you have been walking into a spot I feel he puts that on his night time only spots. The rut not so much if he’s chasing does. I’ve hid from my labs wearing rubber boots and they have no idea where I’m at. I put on my leather boots and they walk straight to me.My 2