JM, you' re comparing apples to oranges. Apples are a food that deer are known to prefer when they' re available but smoke is from a fire. Don' t get me wrong they will react differently if it is the first time they' ve smelled apples or have smelled them in association with humans before but the apple smell itself is just another smell to be checked out. I' m sure deer smell smoke in the woods from time to time but even to me whose sense of smell is miniscule compared to a deer brush fire smoke smells very different than cigarette smoke. It' s pretty safe to assume that if a deer has smelled cigarette smoke he has smelled the human scent associated with it. While they can' t reason they do remember that with cigarette smoke there was human scent. Now I' ve heard both sides of the smoking arguement and I will say this, I don' t smoke at all but I put off enough bad smells in the woods I don' t think they need any help and if they smell the smoke they can sure as heck smell the human with it. If you want to smoke have at it just know you' re giving them another way to pinpoint you. This is by far the most civilized debate I' ve been in on a website and I' m enjoying discussing this with all you guys.
TJ