Hear em' or see em' first?

[Kola16]

Whitetails are usually herd tromping off...then I see the big, white, bushy tail, and 200 class rack 

[Turner89]

Blacktails.....and I see them.  When I hear them they are usually hualing butt.

[elksnout]

2012 blacktail   seen 'em first
2010 blacktail   heard 'em first
2009 blacktail   seen 'em first
2006 blacktail   seen 'em first

[CAMPMEAT]

When I could hike, I used to put the Navy Seal sneak on them and kill them with a rock because I could touch them before they could smell me. Hot dang I was stealthy when I was younger......

[JackOfAllTrades]

When I could hike, I used to put the Navy Seal sneak on them and kill them with a rock because I could touch them before they could smell me. Hot dang I was stealthy when I was younger......

Funny... I've watched my buddy Tom touch a Blacktail doe and a Muley doe during rifle season. They did not know he was there in both cases. When touched, they looked, then bolted away!
 
-Steve

[csaaphill]

seen.

[Maverick]

thats really a hard one, depends on where i am and if im hunting whitetail or muleys. if its whitetail then 90 percent of the time i hear them first. the buck i got this year was a spot and stalk. as for muleys where i am in the open country 99 percent of the time i see them.

[Huntbear]

I think just about all my deer, no matter breed, I have seen first..  Rarely have a I heard one first.  But I deer hunt so freaking slow, that usually they get nervous and move... that is all I need.   

[mwhunter]

im new this how do you start a

[Sawbuck]

Probably 50/50, heard this years deer first, he was fighting with another one and I could hear the horns crashing, took me a bit to figure out what the noise was.

[Dslayer]

Interesting question.  Sense them, feel them, smell them.  It's kind of weird, but cool.  Most of the animals I've killed have been  within 100 yards, often much closer regardless of weapon. 

[MuleyJam]

See them! And they heard me

[grundy53]

pretty much the same as everyone else, mules I see em, whitetails are 50-50 and the blacktails 50-50