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Whitetail Sixth Sense
- Thread starter GeoFish
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the only sense i think is sick on a deer is there smell. I think they can either decipher how old a smell is or how close or far a smell is.
Or both. Just my two sense on the subject lol
Or both. Just my two sense on the subject lol
What do you think the 6th sense is?
Seeing dead people I thought.
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So I will say that I think thy can sense something. I’m not sure how or why but it happened twice to me this year where I had a deer look straight up and stare me in the eyes. And both times I was down wind of them and both times in was 25-30 feet in a tree with good back cover and not moving one bit
I had 2 encounters this season with a buck that I am fairly certain was fully mature. His rack had all the characteristics of an old buck.
The 1st time I saw him he was well out of range but the 2nd time I saw him it seemed like I would close the deal. He came about 90 yards like he was on a string and would most likely pass me within 10 yards. At about 12 yards, still quartering-to me, he locked up. The wind was perfect and was perfect all morning. It was light and blowing from him to me. There was no chance that there was any kind of wind eddy. He never cut my entrance trail either...I never stepped foot within 15 yards of where he walked and my trail was downwind of where he walked.
I was not moving a muscle. He did not smell, see, or hear me. I'm 100% certain of that, yet he became what I would call "uneasy", not spooked, but he just seemed to feel something wasn't right.
He turned away and made a semi circle around me and away. He was much more relaxed after he made his move away from me.
Was that some sort of 6th sense? I don't know. But he sure did exactly what he needed to do in order to not get shot.
The 1st time I saw him he was well out of range but the 2nd time I saw him it seemed like I would close the deal. He came about 90 yards like he was on a string and would most likely pass me within 10 yards. At about 12 yards, still quartering-to me, he locked up. The wind was perfect and was perfect all morning. It was light and blowing from him to me. There was no chance that there was any kind of wind eddy. He never cut my entrance trail either...I never stepped foot within 15 yards of where he walked and my trail was downwind of where he walked.
I was not moving a muscle. He did not smell, see, or hear me. I'm 100% certain of that, yet he became what I would call "uneasy", not spooked, but he just seemed to feel something wasn't right.
He turned away and made a semi circle around me and away. He was much more relaxed after he made his move away from me.
Was that some sort of 6th sense? I don't know. But he sure did exactly what he needed to do in order to not get shot.
HECS suits claim that animals sense electric vibes of some sort. The hecs suits supposedly block those electric impulses much like the screen on the inside of a microwave door. I always have a harder time beating their noses, but after seeing the UV “shine” I think under the right lighting conditions this may play a bigger role than electric impulses. Large boar hogs are by far much more intelligent than mature deer, but have poor eyesight. Large boars rely much more on their sense of smell than their eyesight. One could only assume that if deer do not have an an ampule of Lorenzini (probably mispelled @Weldabeast ) like sharks and stingrays have that due to their higher intelligence level a hog’s sixth sense would be more sensitive than a deer’s. Good discussion though. I will not look deer in the eyes when they are close. They always seem to get crazy spooked when I look them in the eyes
100%! I had a buck dead to rights last night. He was walking straight towards me in thick woods. I saw him from quite a ways off through my binos so I was set and totally still behind a tree with me rifle up on a shooting stick just solid and ready. Wind was quartering and steady so no swirls or anything. He walks from 100 yards all the way to 30 right to me. He stops behind a large tree and feeds for several minutes. I can see his rack and butt but his vitals are blocked by the tree. All I need is one more step and he is coming home with me. Feeds, feeds, feeds and then slowly walks back the exact way he came not spooked or anything but perfectly blocking all shot opportunities. One step away!!!!
KYRanger
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It is difficult to back up with science, but I agree that there are animals in the wild that have a six sense Or maybe it’s survival instinct. Sometimes we do as humans. I have personally encountered mature bucks that have backed out for no known reason or stopped short of coming into kill range. This is when I know the wind is right, there is no scent in the approach area and they haven’t seen me. It doesn’t happen as much with younger bucks and younger does, but the mature deer seem to trust their instinct.
It‘s like when you see a coyote through binoculars at 300 yards trotting across a field. Then he suddenly stops, looks dead at you and just like that, he’s gone.
It‘s like when you see a coyote through binoculars at 300 yards trotting across a field. Then he suddenly stops, looks dead at you and just like that, he’s gone.
Fun time!This is the same type of discussion as the scent "elimination" topic.
I have intentionally stared every deer down I've seen for the past 2 seasons with zero negative effects. That does not mean I'm 100% correct in calling this sense a myth, but neither is the occasional observation by anyone who thinks it is true. There are so many variables in each story told like this that something you didn't observe and had nothing to do with your presence, but the deer obviously did, that affected their movements.
Until the physical mechanisms for such a sense are identified and documented by scientific study, it is just a fun debate, but so far, science says it is bunk. My money is on someone finding bigfoot before this happens. The odds are much higher!
I have intentionally stared every deer down I've seen for the past 2 seasons with zero negative effects. That does not mean I'm 100% correct in calling this sense a myth, but neither is the occasional observation by anyone who thinks it is true. There are so many variables in each story told like this that something you didn't observe and had nothing to do with your presence, but the deer obviously did, that affected their movements.
Until the physical mechanisms for such a sense are identified and documented by scientific study, it is just a fun debate, but so far, science says it is bunk. My money is on someone finding bigfoot before this happens. The odds are much higher!
I have had deer at less than 7 yds look me dead in the eyes and bust out. Fact or fiction I still squint or block my face with my bow
Jimdude
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In October I was hunting a known travel trail that goes from a pheasant hunting field through hardwoods, down to a cornfield. I was 20 yards into the woods from the pheasant field. A young 6 point was heading straight to me. He got to the wood line and sensed me somehow. He did see, smell, or hear me. I had good wind and my tracks were 30 yards down wind from him. He walked back and forth along the edge of that field and would not come into the woods. I just needed him to step in past the brush on the edge. Finally my arrow banged into something and he split. Definitely seemed like a 6th sense.
That's exactly my point!
If they are at that range, they are likely not reacting to your eyes at all. They simply saw something (outline, movement, color out of place, or something else) that triggered the reaction. Also, it is a fact that they can not see with the clarity we can, so your eyes or stare are not a factor.
If the sixth sense is real, then they should also react the exact same way if you are hunting in a blind where they can not possibly see you. They won't!
I'm not trying to change anyone's mind specifically, just provoking more thought on the reality of it and other deer myths and accepted concepts.
Keep doing whatever makes you feel you have a better chance, not blaming anyone for trying to stack the deck in their favor.
KYRanger
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We followed the science with COVID. But I digress.
Well, my own scientific study tells me that instinct, gut, sixth sense or whatever you call it is real. I don’t think staring a deer down is the point, I have looked them in the eye, looked away and have had similar results. And that hair that stands up on the back of your neck, that’s not smell or sight or science, that’s something else.
But hey, it could be my perfume. It helped me lure in Bigfoot. He’s locked up in my garage.
Well, my own scientific study tells me that instinct, gut, sixth sense or whatever you call it is real. I don’t think staring a deer down is the point, I have looked them in the eye, looked away and have had similar results. And that hair that stands up on the back of your neck, that’s not smell or sight or science, that’s something else.
But hey, it could be my perfume. It helped me lure in Bigfoot. He’s locked up in my garage.
I thought I had a bigfoot locked in my garage, come to find out it was just my mom-in-law
I know they can smell how old your foot scent is. I’ve seen them hit a brick wall when they hit it fresh, and after a few hours old not be to concerned. In snow walk on your incoming track but walk headed away from where you came into the woods. Uncanny!
KYRanger
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Maybe I locked Up my mother-in-law too! Lol. But I could have sworn it was Bigfoot.
I have read all of the Wenzel’s books and talked to them re: the subject. I am pretty convinced of it as voodoo as it may sound. I have had the sense they knew I was there when upwind and felt I was completely hid from their view. Plus knowing they were walking directly my way, then for no apparent reason have them 360 and walk the other way. It’s happened more than once. Sure seems like a 6th sense IMO.
That 6th sense sux when it comes to motor vehicles