RE: Do deer avoid areas with heavy hog populations??
If there is enough habitat and food for both, then both co-exist fine. My 700+ acre hunt club is testamant to that. But given a food shortage, hogs WILL prevail against deer.
That being said, the creek bottoms where a majority of the hogs are killed on our club are not frequented by deer. I have hog stands and deer stands. Rarely do we see one where we hunt the other.