ORIGINAL: atlasman
ORIGINAL: brucelanthier
ORIGINAL: atlasman
My point is that in fenced areas the only fence a deer knows and effects his movement is the one in front of him...........when he gets to it he either turns around or walks along it looking for an opening..........What happens when a deer gets to a fence in the woods??..........same thing right?
I would suggest that there is a rather large difference between a "fence wall" or other barrierthat may be 20ft in lengthand a fence or other barrier that
encompasses a given area. A wall may divert the direction of deer but does not restrict them from leaving the area entirely, if they so choose.
You are giving the deer too much credit..........they don't think logically oruse complex reasoning. They act, live, and survive based on instinct. A deer doesn't know there is a world outside thepen and doesn't care.......They know a barrier when they reach it.........that could be agorge, a river, a road, a fence, a building,a blow down, or a mountain......they don't differentiate between them and they don't consider any more then the one directly in front of them.Their state of mind will decide what they do when they reach it.Enough stress will cause them to either try to run right through it or jump over it............but usually in an unstressed state itwill simply alter their movement by either turning them aroundor guiding them along it's path.
A fence is afence to a deer............they couldn't care less if there is another one 1,000 acres away in the opposite direction ornot. They see the barrier in front of them and react accordingly......which is what hunters are banking on (in both scenerios).
I don't think I give them to much credit. With a 20ft fence wall they can go down this side...or that side...or just avoid the whole area all together and that would make the "steering" a moot point. You can't steer, or shoot,what isn't there.
If they are inside an enclosure(fence) they can't choose to go outside theenclosure or choose to avoid the enclosure, they are stuck inside the enclosure. They will always be inside the enclosure and eventually you will be able to shoot them. They can't leave regardless of any pressure they may sense.