Dalejbrass, yes, these are suburban deer so they' re around human scent a lot. Likely this same doe has eaten some of my wife' s garden within the last few weeks also. :-) I know for sure that the doe and her two fawns have. We have seen them in the garden several times, the last time being the day before all of this happened.

BobCo, that is what surprised me- the extent and length of how long this happened. 3 1/2 freaking hours! I don' t know if I should be mad or elated that my camo and scent control didn' t give me away 100% despite the prolonged scrutiny. I' m absolutely sure it was the same doe, though, from her coloring and the fact that she would look right at me the second she was in a clearing and I know I was sitting rock still on most occassions and had a good back drop of branches and leaves to break up my outline.

It did re-affirm to me that deer have fabulous memories and that we are hunting in their living rooms and they know what is out of place and what isn' t. I used to doubt this a few years back, but not anymore.