They eat, sleep, breed and survive, that about sums up their day. They haven't been around all this time by not being smart enough to adapt and survive.
They also survive because they're PROLIFIC breeders. Honestly.....how does a deer where i hunt distinguish me from someone walking through the parks grounds (OK...I don't hunt there...lol....but people do, occasionally hike through there)
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How do they distinguish me from the farmer walking to check his crops? From the neighbor/landowner coming over to cut a tree down for the wood? How is my "hunter" scent different from theirs? I just don't think they're gonna blwo out of their home turf (for years) because of an occasional intrusion.
Here's a good example......I KNOW I leave scent when I check my trail cam (at my mineral site). I know I leave scent when I fill my feeder. I do both on an ATV. I have trail cam picks of the buck I wounded not 100 yds from both of these, and still yet he returns to hit the minerals. "I" don't think he even rememebrs the day or the field he was in. "I" think he's not capable of such a thought/memory. I'll get plenty of people to disagree with me.....and that's fine, too.
Again Scott...I think the approach you talk of is "sound" on all levels. Do I think it's the only way? Nope...and I'm glad we're discussing this. I hope to actually hunt that way, one day.
