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.

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Editor's Note: Longtime F&S whitetail columnist Scott Bestul passed away on April 19th, after a long battle with cancer. In memory of him, we will be republishing some of the Bestul's best work. Today ...

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 ...

Hunters try to attract deer and other game to an area for hunting while reducing and eliminating their human scent. Animals will run away at the slightest tinge of human scent, and hunters may try to ...

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. This year, the ...