Because of my organic, mostly raw food diet, my sense of smell was sharper than that of my dogs, in some cases. At least, it seemed that way, because of my height.

On hikes, I'd sometimes pick up the higher wind scent of a whitetail buck before the lower-to-the-ground dogs did, and when we reached the place where it crossed the trail, and I could see the tracks, the dogs would go crazy with excitement, sniffing the air.

I also had razor-sharp hearing, so on night hikes I could keep track of surrounding wildlife by both sound and scent. I'd murmur to my ex, as we came down a trail in almost pitch darkness, "Buck following us at two o'clock, 30 feet away." or we'd hear a sound and I'd say, "Red fox at 10 o'clock."

I also picked up on smelly scent markings on trees, and scent scrapes in the trail. I used to read wild animal tracks in the woods like one reads a newspaper, and knew the animal residents..when they hunted, and with whom, their new babies, what they'd killed, etc.

I knew the genders of the animals by the foot placement of their tracks..females step on the outside of their front paw prints with their hind feet (broader hips) while males step on the insides (broader shoulders).