Excellant point, and exactly my thought. It might look like a deer, but no scent, no movement. Has to confuse a buck, which leads him to trying to wind it. Ifit (the decoy)was a real deer, would he do the same thing? I don't know, but I've never seen them do it.


You complicate everything.A buck simply has his frickin' nose in the air, or up some doe's butt, upwind or downwind, and whichever direction he smells the does, he's going to go. So by your definition, a buck is incapable of finding a doe unless she's upwind of him. I suppose no wind at all, and their mating becomes an impossibility.I mean seriously, you realize how sensitive a deer's sense of smell is. It's not like they can't smell each other unless there's a 40 mile an hour wind blowing around to carry their scent.Bottom line, play the wind. Simplist rule of bow hunting. Another thing, you seem to dismiss a deer's sight. It's just as important as their sense of smell for survival. Your does or bucks that are trying to wind you may have spotted you working that call. Ever think of that? Flicking a finger, turning your head, whatever. Every deer that has winded me, takes it's time going about it's business. Every deer that's sighted me, jumps out of it's hooves, to get a little further away.