PUTTING A STINKING SOCK AND DEER WOULD STILL COME TO INVESTIGATE. I dont know about that, but i think you guys arent very educated about how smart and how well a deer can smell. THink about it. DID any of you ever smell fresh doe in estrous. I have smelled doe estrous straight out of the doe and it doesnt smell at all. NOW that i said that...Think about rut hunting.......A Hot doe can come by..... and several minutes later a buck can come by following the scent trail....Several minutes later another one.....ETC. I have seen it several times. Now think about your stink clothes....they smell them and leave that area because they know its danger...