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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 5737412" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>All depends on the circumstances.</p><p>Most hunters are currently overlooking just how many deer they're spooking by the noises they make, and they're spooking deer that would never have a chance to smell them. <u>Sound travels much farther than scent</u>.</p><p></p><p>But, it's the type sounds that matter more than a deer just hearing a sound.</p><p>Anything "unnatural" like metal touching metal will alert more deer and farther than human scent.</p><p>A truck door shutting, a metallic pop emitted by a metal ladder stand, and any deer that hears it is going away.</p><p></p><p>And velcro is the scourge of the earth.</p><p>Get that crap off your deer hunting clothes!</p><p></p><p>But someone slowly & carefully climbing a tree, being careful to make no metallic sounds? I've actually done it many times with deer bedded within 75 yards, unalarmed, only to come my way later.</p><p></p><p><em>TIMING</em> of those sounds is also important. For whatever reasons, deer do not get as alarmed by walking sounds in the woods at least an hour before sunrise, as they do as dawn. I believe this may be because deer are so accustomed to hearing all types of critters walking around right at pre-dawn. They particularly hear a lot of racoons in most places.</p><p></p><p>And when I climb a tree @ an hour before daylight, I actually believe any nearby deer may just think I'm another raccoon climbing a tree.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 5737412, member: 1409"] All depends on the circumstances. Most hunters are currently overlooking just how many deer they're spooking by the noises they make, and they're spooking deer that would never have a chance to smell them. [U]Sound travels much farther than scent[/U]. But, it's the type sounds that matter more than a deer just hearing a sound. Anything "unnatural" like metal touching metal will alert more deer and farther than human scent. A truck door shutting, a metallic pop emitted by a metal ladder stand, and any deer that hears it is going away. And velcro is the scourge of the earth. Get that crap off your deer hunting clothes! But someone slowly & carefully climbing a tree, being careful to make no metallic sounds? I've actually done it many times with deer bedded within 75 yards, unalarmed, only to come my way later. [I]TIMING[/I] of those sounds is also important. For whatever reasons, deer do not get as alarmed by walking sounds in the woods at least an hour before sunrise, as they do as dawn. I believe this may be because deer are so accustomed to hearing all types of critters walking around right at pre-dawn. They particularly hear a lot of racoons in most places. And when I climb a tree @ an hour before daylight, I actually believe any nearby deer may just think I'm another raccoon climbing a tree. [/QUOTE]
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