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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 8, 2009 8:47:41 GMT -5
Which wild animal has the best sense of smell?
Deer
Coyote
Other
.........and please give your reasoning for your answer.
Thanks,
WW
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Post by HuntMeister on Oct 8, 2009 8:55:58 GMT -5
I voted other Woody, I understand that Bears have a VERY sharp sniffer.
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Post by Decatur on Oct 8, 2009 9:00:17 GMT -5
I would also say bears.
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Oct 8, 2009 9:01:37 GMT -5
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Post by HighCotton on Oct 8, 2009 9:19:03 GMT -5
 on Other. I remember studying (eons ago at Purdue) that the Polar Bear had the keenest sense of smell amongst the large land mammals. The data at that time indicated they could smell a carcass 100 miles away and their sense of smell was about 10 times greater than a bloodhound (however they measured that). |
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Post by ridgerunner on Oct 8, 2009 10:33:45 GMT -5
Don't know about bears..but here in Indiana a coyote has the best sense of smell I've seen...I've had deer walk across trails that I walked in on to my deerstand, wearing rubber boots I scrub with baking soda, leave outdoors etc..the deer never batted an eye. Had 15 deer corss that trail one night, not one got spooky, then here comes a coyote 5 minutes behind the deer. This coyote was walking along at a steady pace, when he gets to my trail where I walked in, he locked uo the brakes, turned 180 degrees, tucked his tail and ran...He smelled something he didn't like. I've witnessed this many times afield. I also trap coyotes each year and you better had your scent control in order ...take deer hunting scent control and half that again, to trap coyote successfully...They are very skittish animals.
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Post by matahone on Oct 8, 2009 20:50:17 GMT -5
I said other. I would think hogs have a keen sence of smell the way they can mell roots and tubers under ground.
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Post by gillgrabber on Oct 8, 2009 21:51:19 GMT -5
It amazing what I learn on this website.
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Post by crazybuck on Oct 8, 2009 23:06:06 GMT -5
I said other, because I thought it was bears. I have heard a deer can smell up to a hundred times better than a bloodhound. I have also heard bloodhounds can track a scent up to two weeks old. If this is true, it sure makes you understand how hard it can be sometimes to defeat a deers nose. I figure a lot of deer smell hunters and go around them and they didn't even know they were in the vicinity.
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Post by tickman1961 on Oct 9, 2009 14:39:31 GMT -5
odds tell me other, but a coyote has one sensitive nose.....
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Post by Deleted on Oct 9, 2009 18:59:44 GMT -5
My wife....she can smell a fart before you cut it?  |
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Post by duff on Oct 9, 2009 19:42:59 GMT -5
What about a turkey vulcher? I don't know if this is restricted to game animals or not but I hear they can smell 1000 times better then any bear and have been known to migrate from argentina to Indiana for a possum hit on I64.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 10, 2009 21:18:30 GMT -5
What about bloodhounds?
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Post by Decatur on Oct 10, 2009 21:27:36 GMT -5
I looked on the net, and bears and vultures have the best smell, even better than bloodhounds!
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Post by trapperdave on Oct 11, 2009 7:44:37 GMT -5
mammals in indiana, the coyote hands down!
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Post by featherduster on Oct 11, 2009 7:48:42 GMT -5
CHIPMUNKS !
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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 11, 2009 11:21:24 GMT -5
mammals in indiana, the coyote hands down! I probably should have left the "other choice" off of this as I was really trying to get input on the coyote versus the deer's nose. Like Ridgerunner I have had deer pay no attention to my trail and coyote's turn inside out when they hit it. Yes, I wear rubber boots, keep them in a container with baking soda, wade every creeks and streams I can on the way to the stand and still they smell it. The last one the other evening hit my trail and walked it for about 25 yards... then it must have got a better whif and turned around and headed back the way it came. It never ran, but it was leaving the area. Is it our boots or just scent blown off of our skin and our clothing? TrapperDave, What do you do to cut down on trail scent? TIA... |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 11, 2009 13:45:43 GMT -5
Definetly coyotes over deer. No contest.
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