Is a elk or mule deer "nose" as good as a whitetail?
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RE: Is a elk or mule deer "nose" as good as a whitetail?
I would argue that they are. I don't have scientifica data to back that statement up, but I have had plenty of experiences where those critters winded me from long ranges.
Let me put it this way... if you feel the slightest breeze on the back of your neck when trying to sneak up on an elk or mule deer, you might as well throw up your hands instantly because they've gotcha
Let me put it this way... if you feel the slightest breeze on the back of your neck when trying to sneak up on an elk or mule deer, you might as well throw up your hands instantly because they've gotcha
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RE: Is a elk or mule deer "nose" as good as a whitetail?
Hey Jim...
I've read otherwise (Elk's nose is not as acute as a whitetail's).....but I'm not disputing your claim. Do you think what you describe "could be" from the lack of human interaction commonly associated with elk habitat?
It would make sense to me......since some of the guys who hunt big woods have similar issues with whitetails......that those of us who hunt where human scent is more prevailant don't have to worry about "as much".
Just a thought...
I've read otherwise (Elk's nose is not as acute as a whitetail's).....but I'm not disputing your claim. Do you think what you describe "could be" from the lack of human interaction commonly associated with elk habitat?
It would make sense to me......since some of the guys who hunt big woods have similar issues with whitetails......that those of us who hunt where human scent is more prevailant don't have to worry about "as much".
Just a thought...
#4
RE: Is a elk or mule deer "nose" as good as a whitetail?
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Hey Jim...
I've read otherwise (Elk's nose is not as acute as a whitetail's).....but I'm not disputing your claim. Do you think what you describe "could be" from the lack of human interaction commonly associated with elk habitat?
It would make sense to me......since some of the guys who hunt big woods have similar issues with whitetails......that those of us who hunt where human scent is more prevailant don't have to worry about "as much".
Just a thought...
Hey Jim...
I've read otherwise (Elk's nose is not as acute as a whitetail's).....but I'm not disputing your claim. Do you think what you describe "could be" from the lack of human interaction commonly associated with elk habitat?
It would make sense to me......since some of the guys who hunt big woods have similar issues with whitetails......that those of us who hunt where human scent is more prevailant don't have to worry about "as much".
Just a thought...
Like I said, I don't know if an elk can smell as few parts per million as a whitetail can, but he can certianly smell enough to make bowhunting for them a real challengeThey are kind of strange though. If you can get real close, seeing you does not bother them that much. However, if they smell you they don't even look, they are just gone, and by gone I mean run a few miles!
I think mule deer are harder to kill than whitetails. Their sense of smell is good and their eye sight is amazing.
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RE: Is a elk or mule deer "nose" as good as a whitetail?
Elk have one hell of a nose. I know the mountains make it tough on us hunters being our scent is going in every which way direction but to me there noses are excellent. Both areas I've elk hunted the elk had kick ass noses. One area has allot of hunting pressure and the other didn't at all. There not quite as good as a whitetail but there not far behind either. A Muley's nose hasn't impressed me much and to me it isn't nothing compared to a whitetail.
#7
RE: Is a elk or mule deer "nose" as good as a whitetail?
It is an elks "6th sense" you have to be aware of. Very good noses but I don't know compared to whitetails since I have no close up whitetail experience.
A muley will definitely bust you with their eyes before their nose.
My .02
A muley will definitely bust you with their eyes before their nose.
My .02
#8
RE: Is a elk or mule deer "nose" as good as a whitetail?
I'll agree that they are equal, or at least close. But I do not think that their "survival instincts" are nearly as sharp as the whitetails. Far too manytimes I've seen elk, and especially mulies, get spooked and run 10 or 20 yards only to turn around for a full scaleinvestigation of the spook-source.
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