I found a freshly dead doe partially picked by some scavenger only about 150 yards from my stand. What's your experience? Do these encounters spook deer in your area?
Do dead deer spook other deer?
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Nope. We have shot deer in the same spot on the same day before.
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Never had issues.
Dropped a doe one year rifle season as she ate in the corn field with 5 other deer. They looked at her, even came up and smelled her, and kept on eating.
Dropped a doe one year rifle season as she ate in the corn field with 5 other deer. They looked at her, even came up and smelled her, and kept on eating.
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I watched a doe I shot go down, 3 bucks kept fighting and were pushing her dead body to get her up I guess....
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Not a problem with deer, but if coyotes are around eating on it the deer won't want to be around
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No, it doesn't matter at all.
They can get spooky at te scent of a fresh bloody arrow when the one you shot just ran off. They do notice , but no just a dead deer somewhere or a pile of them, doesn't spook them.
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Killed deer right next to a deer I shot 30 min prior many times
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that is awesome, what we get to witness in the outdoors is mostly never seen or known...
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Had this happen before. Shot a doe on a trail and the arrow was sticking up in the ground. A small buck comes by about 30 minutes later and as soon as he sniffed the arrow be bolted. Could have been the human scent on it as well.
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I'm betting your scent on the arrow spooks more deer than blood does. I've never seen a deer spook from blood, gut pile, or another dead deer.
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^^This. A bloody arrow will definitely spook deer.
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