ORIGINAL: outdooraholic
i always figured all animals would run the other way if they smelled smoke. why? because the only two times they would smell smoke would be from human campfires.....or two the woods are on fire!
Have you ever sat on a hilltop in the early morning and seen the valley blanketed by a beautiful layer of smoke coming from chimneys and wood stoves? I see it every year, and I watch lots of deer walk down the hillsides right through the smoke to feed in the fields of winter wheat. I don't think it's the smoke that frightens them. Campers around the fire, and the actual fire in the woods may, but the smoke doesn't seem to bother them.