Anyone “Smell” a Doe When Walking to Stand?

[UTGrad]

Has anyone this time of season been walking to a spot and it smells like someone dumped a bottle of Tinks on the ground? There are does behind the house and caught a whiff of what smelled like Ole stinky. Also last week I caught a strong estrous scent walking to the tree I was hunting.


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[cbhunter]

Many times over the years


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[catman529]

I've smelled deer tarsals every year around the rut. Smelled it a few times already this year. I can't tell the difference between a buck and doe because they both stink about the same. But that smell gets me fired up knowing it's getting good in the woods.


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[Remington700]

I have smelled tarsal glands many times walking in the woods.

 

[MUP]

I've smelled deer before seeing them as well. I've really smelled rutting bucks before when several came thru by my stand within an hour or so. That's a good feeling knowing all that scent is wafting around where you're hunting.

 

[double browtine]

I have lots of times. One night I was field dressing a buck I had shot. I heard grunting and had another buck walking towards me. It got within about 30 yards of me but never came out of the thicket. I tried to get a good look at it with my head lamp, but it wasn't strong enough. I'm guessing it was probably a youngster, because I can't see a mature buck hanging around with all of my scent.

 

[Racknquack]

Actually happened to me this morning it with a small buck. Smelled him before I ever spotted him.

 

[TNWhit3tail]

Definitely. Shot my biggest TN deer last year on opening weekend of rifle. Had actually got down from tree and was walking down a hollow in the creek. Got a whiff so I just decided to stop and stand there. 5 minutes later he comes walking along creek right to me. Shot him at bow range.

Juvenile hunt this year my nephew shot a little buck and we didnt have a blood trail. So just started criss crossing the point towards the bottom and we got within 30 yards I smelt him (it was night at that point so couldn't see real far)! Bullet didn't pass through. Add scent tracking to my resume! lol

 

[fairchaser]

Yes, many times. I've used my nose to track a wounded deer before as well. A buck especially will put off a lot of scent during the rut and you can occasionally use that scent to hone in on a bedded buck. Usually when you smell one it's within 30 yards.

 

[muddyboots]

I smell bucks a lot. Never smelled a doe.

 

[JCDEERMAN]

Many times. Even more so smelling elk when hunting out west.

 

[TheLBLman]

I suspect when you "Smell" it, it is usually a buck rather than a doe.

Yes, many times.
I've used my nose to track a wounded deer before as well.

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Also, I've many times found a gut-shot deer by my own nose rather than my eyes when bucks were not in the rut.

 

[Snake]

Guys I used to hunt with h thought I was crazy but yeah I could smell them .

 

[Lincoln Co Archer]

Not for sure if I have ever smelled a doe before but several bucks before I have laid eyes on them.

 

[gobblesandgrunts]

Yep

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[bigtex]

I have on many occasions, [not sure if it was a buck or a doe].
Several years ago the wife shot a buck at last light. I got out of my stand to help her find it. We finally found a small blood trail but it was rough going. I told her to stay on the blood while I circled around to a logging road to see if I could pick up the trail. Soon as I got there she called out "I can smell him". I backtracked and sure enough he was laying dead not 20 yards from where she was standing.

 

[Dbllunger]

Like others, many times over the years I would smell them before seeing them. I can't distinguish between a buck or doe.

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[Nsghunter]

During my last hunt, the wind was blowing pretty strong in a consistent direction. Once, in the afternoon, when the wind shifted I believe I could smell a deer. Not a rutted up buck or an estrous doe but that soft "brown" deer hide, hanging in the kitchen while butchering smell... It was an amazing thing.

 

[Hillbilly Hunter]

I have smelled bucks many many times

 

[larry ipock]

Opening day of MZL 2016, going to my stand, still too dark to see, could smell a deer very strong. Checked camera later that morning. It was one of the biggest bucks I've ever seen. Never saw him in real life or on cam again.