I agree. I doubt one would have any impact right now.
I'm also not a big fan of them at any time of the year either, basically just too lazy to carry it out with me and worried how the deer will react to it. I can only remember using one 2 times, and the funny thing is the first time I killed the biggest deer of my life (I think I could have been banging on a drum set as he was approaching it and he wouldn't have noticed me in the tree), and the second time I had a nice 130'ish 8 approach it and paw the ground around it for about 5 minutes. Both times during the rut. Maybe I should change my opinion on them??? Hunt a food source if you can.