Larry Smith
Larry Smith

Buck Blunders: 8 Whitetail Behaviour Myths That Might Be Blowing Your Hunt

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Clinton & Charles Robertson
Clinton & Charles Robertson

Myth #5: You’ll scare deer away if you urinate near your stand.

You don’t want a buck to catch you in the act, of course, but study after study has shown deer don’t appear to associate the odour of human urine with a predator. Nor does the unique chemical-based odour trigger a flight response. It’s been documented, in fact, that deer can actually be attracted to the smell of urine from any number of creatures. In one experiment captured on video in the early 1990s, deer were shown to be attracted as much to human urine or straight ammonia as they were to natural or artificial deer urine-based attractants. The bottom line? You can leave that pee bottle at home.