calls
Success with a call is largely dependent on what is going on in the deer cycle.
If the does are "in" and the bucks running does, I would be much grieved if one morning I found I'd forgotten my Knight and Hale grunter. The biggest buck I have taken to date came galloping to it during the peek of our rut, lots of smaller ones have similarly came in that were not shooters, and I had one that was likely a P&Y candidate get away 2 years ago, same call.
Pre rut, hunting corridors and food, the call does not matter to me and I leave it at the Bronco.
I quit fooling with scents a long time ago.