Would deer be attracted to the scent of deer tallow (rendered fat) or at least not alarmed by it?

In my opinion and agreeing with jd slightly on this, i would have thought they may associate it with death.


Anthing that will make a deer curious will atract themWould deer be attracted to the scent of deer tallow (rendered fat) or at least not alarmed by it?
Attracted? I don't think so.....





It's not like me and the smell of bacon....these animals eat grass and fruit and berries and such, not lard.Would deer be attracted to the scent of deer tallow (rendered fat) or at least not alarmed by it?
They don't really seem to notice it in my experience.





We used to rub tallow soap on shrubs that the deer were foraging on and that repelled them, but that was taste, not the scent. They'd eat a bush literally two feet away down to the soil.





To JD: LOTS of uses for deer tallow, bud! My wife and I make everything from candles and soaps to waterproofing leather, to birdfeed, to perfumes (potpourri) etc etc etc. Lots of smokepole shooters use it as lube, seal percussion revolvers, oil leather and tent cloth etc. It's a commodity, not a throwaway.
they would probly be scared of it. it might have the slightest blood scent on it. i would leave it at home.
As a wild animal, I can't see why Deer would be alarmed by the smell as long as they don't relate that smell to a predator of some kind. Deer most certainly are exposed to other Deer that have died thru various forms of injury or trauma. Just curious, how would one get ';rendered'; Deer tallow on themselves in the first place, unless they processed Deer hides as their employment, for the deer to be exposed to this smell anyway?