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Mon September 11, 2006
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WHITETAIL INTERDIGITAL GLAND SCENT
The Interdigital Glands are located on all four feet. Each gland is a small sparsely-haired sac that opens between the toes. In this sac you can generally find a yellowish cheesy material. This accumulation is the result of sloughed cells and glandular secretions. The material often has a foul, rancid odor. Some of this scent is undoubtedly left in a deer's track every time it takes a step.
Several years ago at the University of Georgia they identified several compounds associated with this gland. They were all small molecules called volatile fatty acids. Interestingly, these molecules have different volatilities. In other words, the molecules evaporate off at different rates. This would cause the odor of the track to change over time, which may be how a deer (or a predator) can tell how old the track is and which way the track is headed.
More recently, a graduate student at the University, conducted a more sophisticated analysis of the compounds associated with this gland. He identified 46 volatile compounds from the interdigital scent. Interestingly, five of these compounds occurred in much greater concentrations in dominant bucks than in subordinate bucks. What this may mean to deer is not known, but it is interesting to speculate that a scent specific to dominant bucks may be left by pawing at scrape sites.
Size: 4 FL. Oz.
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In Heat Scents Whitetail Inderdigital Gland Scent
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