[calvin62]

I sat my swamp stand one night and saw nothing. it snowed about 1 inch that night so the next morning I went out checking tracks and found a big set and started following .when he came upon my tracks from the day before
he followed them about 30 towards the house and then back past about 30 yards towards my stand. afterwards he circled out of the area.

my point is if you underestimate a deers sense of smell you may take the young deer but you will probably not even know the the big ones exist.because even in farm country a smart older deer knows the difference between a smell and a smell out of place

this year the biggest deer we saw[14 pt] was in the 5 acres of grass behind the barn. he was seen there 5 times shot at 4 times by 3 hunters and still made it through the gun season. we watched from the kitchen window several times as he circled hunters who had no idea he was there.

so if your happy with young deer dont worry about scent but if want the older deer you better pay attention