Can you or Have you ever smelled a deer before seeing?
10-11-2003, 11:10 AM
#11
Join Date: Oct 2003
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RE: Can you or Have you ever smelled a deer before seeing?
yea this last season i was out on my 4-wheeler and smelt a musky smell so i asked my uncle he said that u can always smell that when they are in the rut
Oklahoma has some big whitetails in the southeat part of the state
Oklahoma has some big whitetails in the southeat part of the state
10-11-2003, 02:12 PM
#12
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Blossvale, New York
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RE: Can you or Have you ever smelled a deer before seeing?
And what really gets my head swiveling and bobbing around is when the smell just about knocks you out and you CAN' T see anything. I' ve had a couple times on some humuck in a cedar swamp when I just about went beserk. And then when the wind stays the same but the smell fades and disappears... you know you' ve been had.[:' (]
10-11-2003, 03:01 PM
#13
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Georgia
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RE: Can you or Have you ever smelled a deer before seeing?
What' s interesting to note is that they recognize their smell and our smell alerts them. lol So realy do we stink or do they stink. I guess it' s all in how you look at it. lol Yea, I' ve had a hunt or two where I could smell them before I saw them.
10-13-2003, 06:57 AM
#16
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: St. Mary\'s County Maryland USA
Posts: 393
RE: Can you or Have you ever smelled a deer before seeing?
So funny that I' m reading this post this morning. I went out scouting yesterday (can' t hunt on Sundays here so it' s scouting day). Well I went to check on one of my stands and on the way there I jumped one or more deer, when I walked to where they were I could smell them. Smelled just like the deer pee you buy at the store. Pretty cool[8D]
10-13-2003, 07:25 AM
#18
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: crawfordville florida USA
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RE: Can you or Have you ever smelled a deer before seeing?
I have smelled bucks during the rut before I even saw them. Most people are just more tuned in to seeing things in the woods and not using all their senses especially smell.
10-13-2003, 09:52 AM
#19
Fork Horn
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Noble,OK
Posts: 132
RE: Can you or Have you ever smelled a deer before seeing?
Thanks guys for all the input, good to know that one is not losing it.
It is good to get out there and free up your senses and be able to experience something like that.
It is good to get out there and free up your senses and be able to experience something like that.
10-13-2003, 10:19 AM
#20
Typical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: lebanon pa USA
Posts: 652
RE: Can you or Have you ever smelled a deer before seeing?
You can really smell them when its damp, Ive used my nose several times to locate deer. Years ago, my brother and I were out bow hunting, on the way toward are stands I said to him that there is a deer real close and that I can smell it, no way he said, we took a few more steps and up jumps this deer, the look on his face was price less.
