| Whitetail deer hunting in reality is more of a | | | | Here, I'm Here". Back in the early 80's when I |
| science than it is a sport. We aren't throwing or | | | | was a teenager I was told I just needed skunk |
| hitting a ball around or displaying our | | | | scent to keep the deer from smelling me. Expert |
| marksmanship at paper targets, we are dealing | | | | deer hunters do much more than use skunk |
| with living animals who want to stay alive. And | | | | scent nowadays. They understand the role of |
| they're equipped with well-tuned senses and skills | | | | scents in whitetail deer hunting and will go to great |
| to help them avoid predators, natural or human. | | | | length to control these scents. Everything from |
| The whitetail deer's sense of smell is one of their | | | | bathing to washing and storing hunting clothes to |
| greatest assets to enable them to detect the | | | | keeping scent free while headed to the deer |
| presence of potential predators. Hunters should | | | | stand is critical. Once on the deer stand other |
| understand the whitetail deer's sense of smell well | | | | scent control measures are necessary to combat |
| before its time to enter the woods. Hunters, | | | | the whitetail deer's sense of smell. |
| therefore, need a thorough understanding of | | | | As one can see, its a major challenge to take on |
| scents in whitetail deer hunting. | | | | the whitetail deer's sense of smell. Its probably |
| Whitetail deer can smell hunters a mile away. | | | | the most important factor in whitetail deer |
| That's because we enter their world (the woods) | | | | hunting. Lower on the totem pole are things like |
| from our human world with all its various natural, | | | | the hunter's type of gun or bow, his camouflaging, |
| unnatural and artificial/chemical scents. These | | | | his marksmanship. The hunter who seriously |
| scents are all on us and on our clothes. If you | | | | works at controlling his scents as well as |
| just walk into the woods smelling like that, the | | | | employing other expert whitetail deer hunting |
| whitetail deer will be as aware of your entry as if | | | | tactics will have a better chance of success. |
| you had blown your truck horn and yelled "I'm | | | | |