I think peak estrus works regardless.
We used the old girlfriends tampons during spring bear with great results. To this day I think it is the best spring bear attractant there is! Theory is the Grizzly Man met his doom because his girlfriend was menstrual when she visited. The only pilot whale attack that I am aware of involved a woman diver on her period.
The old GF also killed one of the largest blacktails ever taken by a woman back in '85. I watched that buck track her for about 1,000 yards until she realized he was there and put a .308 slug through his chest.
So if human/animal estrus instills curiosity I don't see why blacktail/whitetail estrus would differ much. Whether it arouses them or they are curious I couldn't say. But, I believe it attracts bucks either way.