OK sorry for the terrible pun.

My trail cameras are useless compared to the info I get from my farmer every year. Hes sees probably 5 times the bucks I do just from driving around loud ass farm equipment from spring-fall. Also even when he sprays the fields and jumps a buck it doesnt haul ass blowing to the next county like if we accidentally bang our rifle against a metal stand or sneeze. Every time he says after he jumps them they just move over to some pines and lay back down. Once he gets close again they do the same thing hop up, and move to a different place and bed down but they never just bolt.

When I hunt I ride a dark green Honda 4 wheeler and many times I have walked back after not seeing anything and jumped a buck who was just hanging around my 4-wheeler. Even started just driving right up to stands rather than walking in and have seen more deer that way sometimes less than 10 minutes after I stop and get in the stand.

When I used to do a lot of offshore fishing I remember reading that the diseal engines of a sport fishing boat can make a certain tone when running at a certain speed and RPMs that helps attract species like Marlin, Tuna, and Dolphin and get them in the baits. Is the same true about farm equipment? Is there something about their smell and the noise that they make that makes deer go "Hmm maybe I should go check that out"?

I have tried hunting next to one of his combines and the thing just reeks of diseal and other scents I would be sure would keep deer away. Yet one time I set up a camera pointing at 3 tractors my farmer left out in the field near a tree line. He left them there for around 3-4 days and when I checked the memory card I had around 400 pictures. It was everything from fawns to three nice bucks walking around the equipment like it wasnt even there. The deer just didnt care one bit that a three big ass tractors were sitting next to their feeding area. Next time I hunt should I just fire one up, do a couple laps around my hunting area and then get in the stand?