RE: Deer and horses
Don't worry about it. Deer aren't afraid of horses, or they'll get used to them quick.
The deer are always in the pasture with my horses. My stand is in a section of woods that has pastures on one side - I see the deer mill out to where the horses are quite often. They won't let a horse get near it, maybe 50 yards or so, but they just move somewhere else in the pasture and go back to grazing.