A heavy-antlered 12-point buck materializes on the trail. He’s only five steps from bow range, but then he throws his nose in the air, goes rigid with nervousness, and waves the white flag. Game over.

Whitetails rely on their sense of smell daily to locate food, sort out complex social orders, identify mates, and steer clear of danger. It is no mere coincidence that a deer’s olfactory superpower is ...

When it comes to getting close to white-tailed deer, silence and scent control are two things hunters need to remember. While deer don’t all act the same, and conditions vary with hunting pressure and ...

Last season, the Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries asked deer hunters to voluntarily refrain from using urine-based scents to attract deer or to mask their own scent.

Editor’s Note: Back in the spring of 2009, our late, great whitetails columnist Scott Bestul had the brilliant idea of enlisting the noses of drug-sniffing dogs to help shed light on a buck’s ability ...

Whitetails rely on their sense of smell daily to locate food, sort out complex social orders, identify mates and steer clear of danger. It is no mere coincidence that a deer’s olfactory superpower is ...