#1910126 - 05/03/10 02:19 PM
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#1 Smell - one of the best noses in the business!
#2 Sight - their ability to see movement is incredible
#3 Hearing - actually, I don't believe it is any better than ours
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#1910169 - 05/03/10 02:42 PM
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a deer can see you and not know what you are.
a deer can hear you and not know what you are.
if a deer smells you, it knows exactly what you are and will react accordingly(either flee or hide). x2
Ditto
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#1910242 - 05/03/10 03:20 PM
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My opinion, nose, sight then sound.
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#1910729 - 05/03/10 08:16 PM
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You can camo out climb a tree and become invisible, sit very still and be silent but nothing you can do to totally eliminate your scent.
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#1910775 - 05/03/10 08:38 PM
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I'm not a "pro", but it seems like a no brainer. I have been
busted by all of the deer's senses, but by far, their nose rules.
In the right conditions and terrain, I have watched mature deer
become paralyzed when they catch a human scent molecule.
If they are in cover, they can wait you out.....all day long.
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#1910793 - 05/03/10 08:46 PM
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Smell.
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#1910965 - 05/04/10 03:33 AM
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I'm not sure that smell is the most important. I do feel it becomes less important each year unless you are hunting deep woods. If I had to pick one sense it would be sight combined with hunter movement.
Each year, where most of us hunt, deer become more accustomed to man. The smell of man is common. The sound of man is common. The sight of man is common. The movement of man, when he becomes a predator, is not common.
A man driving a tractor does not bother deer a bit. But let the man climb off that tractor and you have a different story.
Now deep woods deer is a different story. You see you just can't lump deer into a general category. You have to consider all the factors.
I have been studying deer for half a century and I don't know jack about them. I never thought I'd see the day they climbed on my patio and licked my grill.
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#1911179 - 05/04/10 09:08 AM
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mathews338
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I'm not sure that smell is the most important. I do feel it becomes less important each year unless you are hunting deep woods. If I had to pick one sense it would be sight combined with hunter movement.
Each year, where most of us hunt, deer become more accustomed to man. The smell of man is common. The sound of man is common. The sight of man is common. The movement of man, when he becomes a predator, is not common.
A man driving a tractor does not bother deer a bit. But let the man climb off that tractor and you have a different story.
Now deep woods deer is a different story. You see you just can't lump deer into a general category. You have to consider all the factors.
I have been studying deer for half a century and I don't know jack about them. I never thought I'd see the day they climbed on my patio and licked my grill.
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#1911298 - 05/04/10 10:49 AM
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BW I believe that many deer which live near farms or rural houses smell people often. They even get used to them driving by on tractors and lawnmowers but as you say, try getting off that machine and the deer usually get nervous. There's been a lot of discussion about scent controlling clothing and I believe that deer can detect human odor at different levels of strength, thus may sence danger based on this. This ability to detect the degrees of human odor may be why many hunters believe in the scent control measures practiced by many.
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#1911330 - 05/04/10 11:36 AM
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Smell no doubt. They can see or hear things and still not know exactly what each is. If they smell you, they know exactly what it is!
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