Smell?

Ever smelled the rutting buck in the field? Had one in the field yesterday and could smell him. It was faint but I could tell. Tonight while walking back to my truck, I caught that smell and stopped. Heard him cross the pavement and jump the fence. Have you ever smelled this from a live deer and how far can a deer sent travel?

yes. too thick in my woods to tell. But def smelled the scrapes, sometimes w/o even being able to find them. smells like a dang HS locker room on occassion

I have. In the club I was in several years ago you could go to a spot by a bluff and smell deer almost every time you were there. Crazy but it's the truth and other members noticed it and mentioned it also

Yes. Tryin so hard not to derail this one.....
LOL

It could probably go arye. Also the doe in my field are arching their tales over their backs, are they releasing methane gasses?

When I hunted at Campbell, I could smell them and tell my son that they were around and more times than not, we would see them.

Once, shot a buck and the second I hit the ground from the stand I could smell him where he had been standing.

Ok before I start w the stupid jokes..
Smells like a wet goat.
Or...........?

Easy now, gonna get them goat humpers excited.

It is a distinct aroma, probably because they have been pissing all down their back legs for a few weeks.

I shot one several years ago that was all rutted up.He didn't bleed a drop but I saw what direction he ran and all I had to do was follow my nose.

Many times.

Sorta like phuggin a fat girl and having her fart

Tarsal glands.

yes!

I've been in the woods and all the sudden it smells like a barn, but I wasn't sure if it was me or not...

a few weeks back I was in a tree when I got a whiff of a deer. I look to my right up wind and there was a doe. watched her a bit and then two more does came out. when the biggest one started to look like she was going to spook, I took her out.

We used to do a lot of still hunting in thick terrain. Many times we would smell a "rutty" smell and shortly after we smelled it we would see or jump a buck.