I have never seen, or had somebody tell me they have seen, a deer circle around another deer to wind it.
I have seen this, personally. I had 4 bucks workthe samescrape one morning, and the one that didn't ....I'msure he came from the downwind side (in retrspect) to scent-check the field. He never enetered.....but he was the best buck I saw that morning.....and if I was (didn't know any better at the time) "playing the wind" (for the scrape)....he'd have come from the direction I LEAST wanted him to.
I also watched aRealtree (Monster Bucks)show, last night, and they were highlighting decoy hunts. Whether they did it form the get-go or when they got to the decoy......EVERYBUCK circled to thedownwindside of the decoy. Every.
NEVER had a doe circle me to wind me on a bleat. NEVER.
Me either....that I know of
. Wonder how many times a deer circles downwind of us.....catches our scent.....and we never see it, though. Interesting thought, huh?
If we go into calling deer.....thinking they're not smart enough (instinctively) to circle and use their BEST defense mechanism to help keep them alive......
................we're fooling only ourselves.