I know alot of people dont like squirrels, they say they give them away. I love the little guard dogs, well most of the time. Over the years I have noticed that most of the deer I have seen while on stand were announced long before I ever laid eyes on them by squirrels barkign at them. I can say it does not happen all the time but a very high percentage of the time the squirrels give me a heads up!

I have also on more than one occasion had tukeys feeding around me start to look one direction at an approaching deer. Sometimes they are so uneasy they move on and sometimes they go back to feeding. I have also had the oppisite happen, I ahve seen deer get very tense at the sound of an approaching flock of turkeys until it has made out what was heading its way. I actually on one occasion watched a doe run off a flock of turkeys from under a white oak tree. They came back and she ran them off again, this happened three times. I was tryign not to bust out loud watching her blow and stomp and leap at the birds.. She was being a bit selfish lol