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Bryan, that reminds me of something a lady said to me one time. She owns a small parcel ofground that she lets me hunt exclusively. She hates the deer because they eat up all of her Hosta's (sp), flowers that she spends a lot of time planting, that she LOVES!!She told me it should beeasy killing some of these deer, because they just graze on her lawn as she tends to her gardening.
I laughed, and told her those deer don't run because they seeyou do thatall the time, and you pose no threat to them. She also told me she has banged pots together to scare them, and they just stand there and look at her! I also told her whenI go back into their world to hunt, they become a TOTALLY different animal, because they know I'm a threat!
LOL, that reminds me of a story a friend told me about a landowner on a property we hunt. She said, "If you really want to kill them you have to come out here at night. They just stand in the back yard. I'll turn on the flood lights and you can shoot them from the back porch."
He politely explained that doing that would be illegal and highly unethical. She didn't seem to care.
Todd, there is something to be said for your method. They always say the best chance you have of shooting a deer out of a stand is the first time you sit it. If you move around enough and have enough spots you can make each hunt almost a "first time" from that stand.