This is what AI says about it..........

"A deer's stress response can leave behind more than just hormones in the waste. In highly stressful, life-threatening situations (such as being pursued by a predator or enduring a fatal wound), deer experience an massive hormone dump. This physiological reaction releases distinct chemical scents through bodily fluids and active scent glands (like the interdigital glands between their toes)."


Folks that know don't shoot old does........ wink