As a masking sent on your boots it should work fine. During the rut well B.T. scent would be best but, Lets face it, if you only have a couple of weeks out of the year to relieve the pressure are you going to be that picky about the cosmetics? If she will let ya mount, you are gonna mount. Not the most scientific of explanations but, sometime you just got to fallow Aldo leopolds advise on "spit and whittle biology".