RE: Do ATV's spook deer?
ATV's do affect deer movement...We had anew neighbor move in next to a patch of woods onour property about8 years ago...The first fewyears they were there their son rode his 4 wheeler all over their property another neighboring pieceand ours until we caught him...For years before they moved inI had killed bucks in those woods with no problems...The first yearwith that kid tearing around with that 4 wheelerI found absolutely no deer sign in those woods...I sat in my stand the first weekand never saw a deer...the second week of the season I moved my standto the back of our property away from where that kid was ridinghis 4 wheelerand it was like someone had opened a flood gate...there were deer everywhere...infact I killed a dandy 7 point that very weekend...The kid is grown now and no longer rides his 4 wheeler all over the danged place and after 3 yearsthe deer are just now beginning to use those woods again...so yeah ATV's do bother deer.