Not to highjack this thread, but it has me wondering. Do you think unless a Deer had a specific reason to associate the smell of jerky with danger they would be alarmed by it? Or do you think they have the intellectual where-with-all to know what meat smells like and associate it with predators? Do you think as hunters we tend to give them too much credit for "being smart"? They clearly learn from past experience, and their senses are above reproach, but I suspect we give them more credit than they actually deserve in the "smarts" department. Thoughts?
I agree with you and dstubb...I mean, let's be real here-their senses are amazing...but a lot of this supernatural and superstitious stuff often is brought on by us giving them too much credit. Eat the damn jerky