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Old 10-04-2010 | 05:24 AM
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UPHunter08
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Originally Posted by WM Greening
Have had a fawn walk up to it and smell it.

That's great...if you're hunting fawns.

FWIW, I've been bowhunting and have seen deer react negatively to ATVs in the woods. Let me be more specific; I've seen mature deer react negatively to ATVs. I've watched them actually move away from the sound of them moving through the woods. The guys on those ATVs never even knew those deer were there, moving away from them, so from their perspective they didn't even know they were affecting the deer.

IMO, I'd never drive one to within a quarter mile of one of my stands, because the mature bucks certainly associate them with with hunters. That's not to say you won't see bucks when using an ATV, but it definitely changes the odds.
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