1 thing I have noticed about deer like the 1' s you are describing is that they may be completely content to lay around and watch people walk in and out of a building, even letting them get pretty close to them, but let them catch a whiff of man-scent coming from the woods behind them and they' ll bolt just as quickly as the hardest hunted deer. I' ve also noticed that deer that live around people are pretty keen on reading body language .. as long as you act and appear like you don' t notice the deer they are ok .. but stop and start slowly slinking in their direction and they will bolt.

There is a farm here in Mass that is in the center of a built up town. 2 years ago there was this buck that used to hang out under an old weeping willow. The farmer lets any bowhunter who asks hunt the property and many guys tried putting a stalk on the buck .. not 1 even coming close. An old timer who shoots a stick bow and has taken many many deer claims at the archery range he' ll bag this buck .. no problem at all. 3 days later .. he' s got the buck hanging at his house. He got it by changing out of his camo and into a pair of jeans and a sweat shirt, he then walked right into the middle of the field and grabbing his bow at 1 end swung it back and forth like a metal detector over the rolled earth. It took him almost an hour working back and forth along the rows to work himself within 20 yards of the buck, where he stopped drew back and shot a perfect double lunger on the bedded deer. He said he got the idea by watching the field for a few days and noticed that a lot of people came to the field with their metal detectors looking for old revolutionary musketballs and uniform buttons and the buck never flinched, but anyone trying to stalk the buck ALWAYS got pegged.

I thought he was pretty slick for pulling it off!