Today on the show I’m joined by freelance writer and whitetail hunter Pat Durkin to get back to the basics of whitetail deer and how they see, hear, smell, and survive.
Subjects Discussed
Pat’s whitetail and journalist history
How Pat would rank the whitetail deer’s senses in order of importance
How to think about the whitetail sense of smell
Why their nose is so powerful
Can you defeat a whitetail’s nose?
How deer see differently than humans
The most important things to do to avoid being seen
What makes whitetail hearing so accurate
Can squirrel and bird noises clue you in on approaching deer?
Myths and mistakes in the hunting media
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