RE: So are they ??
Deer are deer - anywhere! If they are left alone they will move alot more freely. If they are scared they will lay low. Hell, if theres' a private piece thats never been hunted in the middle of thousands of hunters the deer will learn it's safe and move all day.
As far as who is a good hunter or the best hunter I can answer that too.
I hunted pressured deer in a "brown it's down" environment for many years. I shot 2bucks that were 2 years old. This was in farm country type setting.
I started hunting the big woods of northern Wis and Minn. (IMO a much tougher type of hunting then the broken woods farm country) I have killed a lot of deer that were 4 years old and older. I'm the same guy as I was when I hunted the farm country yet my mature deer kills went way up. So who's the best hunter? The guy who has some deer knowledge and the best location