Here's one that always gets me;


I always hear guys say that a deer was stomping its foot trying to scare them into moving.

Deer don't stomp their feet to cause someone to move. The reason deer do this is because there is a scent gland located between the hooves. It is called theinterdigital gland.

When a deer stomps its foot, it is releasing an extra amount of this scent which warns other deer that there is danger here. When other deer walk by this area later in the day, they will smell this scent an realize there is danger somewhere nearby.

This scent is normally released from this gland enabling deer to follow each other or know that other deer have been by here. I'm sure this helps deer relocate each other when they get seperated.

It is through stomping that an extra amount is released that means danger.


If a deer stomps its foot near your stand and another deer comes by later on in the day, it will immediately become extra cautious becasue it smells some of this scent lingering in that spot. Might explain how that big buck knows when you are there, even when it is up wind from you.

Deer also release some of this scent when they suddenly run after being spooked.

Anyway, deer don't stomp their feet at you, to try to get you to move.