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RE: Beating a Whitetails Biggest Sense!!
ORIGINAL: DoctorDeath DIRTZ IT HAS BEEN MY EXPERIENCE THAT A DEER WILL ALWAYS USE HIS NOSE AS HIS FIRST DEFENSE ...WHEN IT IS WINDY AND HE CANT SMELL OR HEAR HE WILL GENERALLY WALK BIG OPEN WOODS OR THE EDGE OF A FIELD SO HE CAN AT LEAST SEE ...HOWEVER WHEN ITS CALM OR A LIGHT WIND WHERE HE CAN HEAR AND SMELL HE TENDS TO WALK THE MORE DENSE AREA'S .... JMHO dd |
RE: Beating a Whitetails Biggest Sense!!
Sorry, I was referring to StrutNtom's post. I was reading too fast. Does that clear it up for you? And don't get so bent out of shape, I am adding my opinion like everyone else. As far as deer not adjusting to their environment, that's a little short sighted of you. Deer are one of the most adaptive animals out there. They will get used to their surroundings after they don't view it as a threat. Just like the buck standing at the corner of a busy8 laneintersection in Northern Virginiaat 2 pm munching away. I see it all the time.
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RE: Beating a Whitetails Biggest Sense!!
Hey Gunner, I wasn't bent out of shape;)Sorry if I came off like that. That's what were're here for, to learn from each other. Just hit me next time I act like that
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RE: Beating a Whitetails Biggest Sense!!
No prob. I think we all can agree on this, though. Sharing ideas and strategies on here is agood thing, but we have to be adaptive as well. Because the deer I hunt in VA, in this region, with the food sources I have around me and on this "particular" piece of property are different than where you hunt. I have come to believe that the information we share can not be considered a global given for every deer. They're just tools to throw into your bag of tricks to try and to adapt to where ever you may be. The influences that exist in a given area force deer to adapt to their surroundings. I also believe that deer, generally speaking, are smarter than we give them credit for. For some they're a large rodent, others a respected game. I haven't been hunting for all that long, but I have and continue to see remarkable things happen in the woods. And that's part of the fun.
Tell you what, I'm gonna try this ladder stand concept whether you like it or not,   , and I'll report back in mid-January. Hopefully with a trophy getting ready for my wall. Till then, I'm still learning so keep the conversation going. |
RE: Beating a Whitetails Biggest Sense!!
ORIGINAL: Gunner4USA No prob. I think we all can agree on this, though. Sharing ideas and strategies on here is agood thing, but we have to be adaptive as well. Because the deer I hunt in VA, in this region, with the food sources I have around me and on this "particular" piece of property are different than where you hunt. I have come to believe that the information we share can not be considered a global given for every deer. They're just tools to throw into your bag of tricks to try and to adapt to where ever you may be. The influences that exist in a given area force deer to adapt to their surroundings. I also believe that deer, generally speaking, are smarter than we give them credit for. For some they're a large rodent, others a respected game. I haven't been hunting for all that long, but I have and continue to see remarkable things happen in the woods. And that's part of the fun. Tell you what, I'm gonna try this ladder stand concept whether you like it or not, , and I'll report back in mid-January. Hopefully with a trophy getting ready for my wall. Till then, I'm still learning so keep the conversation going.dd  |
RE: Beating a Whitetails Biggest Sense!!
Hey guys, I think your doing a heck of a job representing this forum to the fullest. I've seen forums where all they do is argue and nobody learns a darn thing. However, you guys are keeping first things first, and that's the educational process of learning a whitetails habits and nature..and not to mention, bagging a big one....
 again, great job, and I'm glad to be apart of this forum!! |
RE: Beating a Whitetails Biggest Sense!!
ORIGINAL: Red Lion ORIGINAL: CamoCop he forgot to mention utilizing "gas x" or "beano" because flatuance is a dead give away in a tree.  |
RE: Beating a Whitetails Biggest Sense!!
Hi Guys,
I believe being scent free is primary to your hunting success. I have been bow hunting and had deer come into my hunting area just snorting away trying to figure out what I was. I would just sit still and had the wind going in the right direction so the deer didn't know what was going on. If a deer snorted at me several times, I would just do a call to try and let them know that another deer was in the area. That way, they would go back to what they were doing. I found that this worked very well, for me on several of my hunts. Has anyone else done this? |
RE: Beating a Whitetails Biggest Sense!!
IMHO - when someone figures out how to beat a whitetails nose, he'll start lining his walls with world class animals every-single-year.
With todays technology, it isn't possible to beat a whitetails nose. The guy who put it to me straight many years ago killed his 6th B&C with a bow this season (Fair-Chase record I believe), so I'd say he's worth listening to. If someone truly had the technology to prove this, they would have advertised it by now! JMHO of-course! |
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I agree heartily. In fact, though it is highly underpublicized, studies have demonstrated decisively that scent control suits do not work. Period.
Our only source readily available source of information on such questions as scent control is advertising and hunting magazines, a redundant statement since hunting magazines are advertising. They'll lose a lot of ad money if they publicize a scientific study that has found that scent blocker suits do nothing, zip, zero, to prevent bloodhounds from trailing down a person. |
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