Originally Posted by
NHbuckhunter
i just got in from the woods and the wind was in my favor the whole time then all of a sudden 40 mins before dark i hear a deer snorting and whistleing like 10 times then kinda trotted away this was like 150 yards down over the ridge i never saw the deer and it never saw me and the wind was in my face what do you think caused this
If you never saw the deer how do you know that it didn't see you? IMO, too many hunters worry about scent more than they do movement. Don't rule out the possibility that the deer may have detected a movement of yours which alerted it and might have never even winded you.