Deer smelling behavior
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Deer smelling behavior
Was watching the new whitetail inc and had to wonder, why does it seem the bucks have to darn near touch the decoy with their nose to seem to spook from it? I have seen this in a lot of videos now that I think about it, and it doesn't make sense that they can't smell the decoy, but it appears they get a nose full only as they get really close. Any ideas?
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Re: Deer smelling behavior
I think they might be smelling where the decoy was touched... With a human they are smelling the skin cells we shed, thats why they smell us down wind. Plastic don't shed skin cells... But our scent sticks to it when we touch it or have it near us.
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Re: Deer smelling behavior
Good question. I've noticed the same. A deers nose is extremely sensitive. Do you think that they are looking for touch confirmation too? It seems that way to me.
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Re: Deer smelling behavior
I have noticed this also. My thoughts are they are startled they are not smelling deer. I have noticed the same reaction on my decoy set ups does and bucks have about the same reaction. It could also be like Dan said they are getting a whiff of human scent.
You can fool some of the bucks, all of the time, and fool all of the bucks, some of the time, however you certainly can't fool all of the bucks, all of the time.
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