OK at the local fair (Canfield Fair) is a guy selling all sorts of deer pee scents, cover scents, etc (KeyStone Scents). I'm just happy to be away from the pumpkin and needlepoint display, so I strike up a converstaion.

I ask him how he determines Dominant and Subordinate buck scents. In his herd it's easy, the dominant buck is easily distinquishable.

How does this relate to me using his dominant scent in the field? How can a buck tell by smell alone that another buck is superior without ever seeing this buck? I've asked this before, and even this gentleman, a Deer breeder, couldn't answer me. I'm sure a deer can identify other deer by urine smell if they know them, so to speak. I'm also sure that they can identify buck vs doe pee...but I want to know how, by smell alone, they can comprehend dominance.