preseason scouting and some confusion

[SNIPERBBB]

Been a while since I've worked with/around horses. Neighbors have horses across the road but they're downwind so can't really remember what they smelled like.

 

[Loopwing]

Next time you kill a deer, buck or doe, grab a hold of that gland on the inside of the knee on the back leg. Rub it on your face. You will never forget or question if that is a deer you smell again.

 

[Marmuzz]

I had a small set of opera glasses (tiny little binocs) that fit right in my hand and I would look around with them at a spot that I may have thought was part of the deer.

Haha I love that you had opera glasses- that is some high class deer hunting right there! Seriously I didn’t even know they existed anymore. I only know the term from reading classic literature. Next time my friends joke that hunting is for rednecks I’m mentioning that.

 

[woodsdog2]

Haha I love that you had opera glasses- that is some high class deer hunting right there! Seriously I didn’t even know they existed anymore. I only know the term from reading classic literature. Next time my friends joke that hunting is for rednecks I’m mentioning that.

LOL!!! Yeah, I really dumbed them down too!! They were the only thing I could afford, they were given to my mom from her dead Aunt's estate and I kind of hocked 'em from my mom's stuff she was "going through." I covered the lenses with masking tape and spray painted them a tan camo as they had two reflective silver bands around the top and bottom of the roof prism type design. Funny when you're a kid the stuff you worry about. They worked pretty good though. I think they were like 1.5 or 2 power at the most. Good enough for me at the time. Hey, I had binoculars!!!

 

[woodsdog2]

I have never noticed a deers smell. what does it smell like and how will i know if its a deer

It smells almost like horses and cows....more like goats... kind of, but a little different. Do yourself a favor and sometime when a buddy bags a deer or you bag one, you'll notice the smell right away. Smell that deer... that's the smell. There is a scent out now I believe called Ever Calm or something like that..... to me it smells just like whitetails. Also you can go to a deer farm and you'll smell it too. Just like turkey's, especially in the spring. You can smell turkey's sometimes too believe it or not. Wet feather smell.

 

[kyler1945]

Just when I thought a thread that devolved into stalking deer by their smell was weird enough, opera glasses entered the chat. I love the internet.

 

[woodsdog2]

You're the same damn pilgrim I've been hearin' for ten days and smellin' for three! -"Bear Claw" Chris Lapp (Will Geer's character). Jeremiah Johnson 1972 Film starring Robert Redford.