I'm not saying for sure either way because the experience that prompted me to ask this could just be pure coincidence but...

Last Wednesday I got off work early afternoon and it was an 80 degree day so I was already sweating all day. I was short on time plus I had to pick up 2 guys so I just threw my hunting clothes on. When we got to the woodsI sprayed my shoes down and nothing else. I think 3/4 the scent transfer is through the shoes so that's all I do.

Anyway, I just picked a tree in a new part of the forest and just climbed it. Once I got to the top and had a better view, I decided to get down and move to another tree 30yds away. At 6:20 a lone doe comes walking into the acorns right through the same exact area I'd been stepping all over just 1.5 hrs ago. In fact she walked within a few yards of my original tree. She showed no signs that she'd detected any human scent then walked towards me, and I put her down.

Sooo... if deercan't see what's not there,will they also not smell what's downwind?

To cite a past post of GregH's

Yet he kills bigbucks every year.