CTBowMan Posted October 1, 2006 Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 Yesterday morning I went to an Oak grove and as I was climbing the tree with my stand I got busted..it appeared this deer was right below my tree stomping and blowing, which caused like 3 more deer in the area to blow as well, of course as soon as it was legal shooting light the deer were nowhere to be seen...A friend of mine said that when a deer blows like that, they let off an odor that alerts other deer that may come through that area that there was something abnormal or to indicate a warning, and not to hunt the area again for at least a couple days...So my ? is has anyone else ever heard of this before? Or is this a case for mythbusters? Thanks in advance. -- Van Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tedicast Posted October 1, 2006 Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 Re: Has anyone ever heard of.... I may be wrong,but what I have heard, is when a deer blows like that, it is cleaning out it's nose, to get a better smell of something it can't identify. I don't know if that is true, but it's what i have heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTbowman Posted October 1, 2006 Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 Re: Has anyone ever heard of.... I have never heard either of those comments before. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Dust Posted October 1, 2006 Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 Re: Has anyone ever heard of.... Interdigital Glands These glands are located between the hoofs of all four feet of white-tailed deer. The scent is left each time the deer takes a step. It is also left in large amounts when a deer stamps its foot, and when a buck makes a scrape. Each deer has its own scent, and because some of the compounds in this scent may be present in higher concentrations in mature males (3 1/2+ years), they may alert other deer of the presence of a dominant buck. Does use this scent to track their fawns, bucks use it to track does. Because scent molecules evaporate at different rates deer can determine which way another deer went by the amount of interdigital scent left behind. The scent from these glands is the primary tracking scent of deer. Metatarsal Glands These glands are a light tan colored circle of hair of about 1 2/3 inches in length located on the outside of the hind leg between the toe and the hock, or heel on whitetails. They are not actual glands, because they have no duct. Mule Deer exhibit the largest glands, then the Black-tailed Deer, and the White-tailed Deer. It has been suggested that blacktails open this gland when alarmed to express danger. It is not totally understood in whitetails, but I have seen it flared when two bucks fight. This is a copy and paste from a site. Not my opinion due to I really don't know. Some of the sites I looked at says yes (including some Wildlife Department sites) and some make no mention to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAbowhunter4life Posted October 1, 2006 Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 Re: Has anyone ever heard of.... [ QUOTE ] I have never heard either of those comments before. [/ QUOTE ] That makes 2 of us Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VTbowman Posted October 1, 2006 Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 Re: Has anyone ever heard of.... I knew those 2. LOL I did use some interdigital one year and had amazing results with deer following right in my boot prints. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wtnhunt Posted October 1, 2006 Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 Re: Has anyone ever heard of.... You know I was thinking about that this morning after hearing a deer blow off in the woods at something. Have heard that deer stomp and emit an odor from the gland between their toes and it will let other deer know danger is in the area. The glands do emit an scent and odor no doubt, I however do not believe that it is the deers intentions when stomping to alert other deer to danger by scent. Being that the deer use the scent from these glands to track each other I dont buy the idea of the stomping to emit an odor to alert other deer. I think the stomping is moreso an action to try to get whatever it is they are concerned with to move so they can determine what it is or to attempt to scare away whatever it is that is there. Have seen deer stomp and blow trying to figure out what I was after spotting me on more than one occasion and had other deer come through shortly after that taking place down the very same trail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buckee Posted October 1, 2006 Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 Re: Has anyone ever heard of.... http://www.greenleaf-designs.com/glands.html I make my own preorbital gland scent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sureshot Posted October 1, 2006 Report Share Posted October 1, 2006 Re: Has anyone ever heard of.... I alos have heard of it being used to clean the noise out to smell better, no idea if its true or not! ALl I know is that once a deer blows your huntign is not over,I have actually used the blowing of a doe to help me bring in a buck on more than one occasion, 3 weeks ago I had a doe catch movememnt or glare and stood there stomping and snorting, I ended up throwing a stone at her to get her away hoping I could get the bucks still in the field, I instantly got my grunter out and let off a few small grunts and before I could get the call in the backpack there was a buck walking the treeline, he walked right upto wee the doe was and had nose in the air trying to catch a smell,he then fed a couple minutes and followed the trail the doe did!I always grunt a few times right after a doe blows,I have had quite a few bucks come in, is it coincidence or is it really working I have no idea !all I know is blowing does not screw up the hunt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VtBowhunter Posted October 2, 2006 Report Share Posted October 2, 2006 Re: Has anyone ever heard of.... I've had multiple deer stomp and blow in my hunting area in a 2 hour period, and more deer continued to filter in throughout that day and the following days, so I doubt that stomping is used to emit any odor for warning purposes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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