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Not my experience.

I agree completely. This reminds me of the deer dropping the string thread, every time where I hunt(yes our bows are quiet). Heck I think they even duck the trigger on a rifle.

As far as suburban deer go, I USED to have some come into my backyard to eat corn I' d throw out. I could watch them through the blinds on the windows, but they wouldn' t tolerate an open blind or quick flick of the blind material. If they saw either they' d split pronto.

I have to disagree here. To me the deer here in East Texas are much harder to get close to than the ones that I' ve seen in the Texas hill Country.
In the Hill Country, I' ve been " touching" close to several deer! Tht has not been the case in East Tex.
However, larger, older bucks seem to act the same from one place to the other! Much smarter and more aware of their surroundings!

Bow.

You should know by now that we humans are not the only ones who have calanders and know when hunting season starts

I am positive that deer know exactly when hunting season starts and ends.

Last year when I was scouting and putting out corn before the season I seen heaps of deer and had them coming into a clearing to eat the corn before I had left the clearing but as soon as the season started those big boys where scarce.

They know alright

I cut my eye teeth hunting Whitetails in Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, and Pennsylvania. You can generally do a fair job of patterning these animals. Patterning here in Washington State the patterns are much different however, they still reside mainly in a very small slice of territory. I suspect that they migrate somewhat as the mountain weather worstens.

If the truth be told I strongly believe that within each general geographic area, deer and elk will behave differently and present their own challenges.

I agree, I' ve seen videos of people moose hunting in remote parts of alaska and they were actually driving a boat up to a Moose in the rivers within bow range and shooting them out of the boat! In extremely remote areas, animals that have nevered experienced a human have no fear of them. However, in whitetail country, I think you would hard pressed to find a deer that hasn' t had any prior contact with humans.

Oh they know when the season starts and ends! Last year as my hubby and I exited the woods at dark on the last day of rifle we looked across the hill to see a whole herd of deer prancing, jumping, running. I swear they were having an end of season party!!!
On another note, where my brother hunts he always flushes out this buck that beds right next to the barn in some thick brush. The barn is not used for anything but storage right now but there are plenty of people near it every day. The buck knows he is safe right now. But I guarantee he won' t be hanging out there next month.
I think after a year or two they sense a change in the season and the dangers that come along with it. Maybe it is a new scent on the humans that triggers it - I think it is Whitetail Fever!

Generally they' re the same but, in some places and areas I hunted you will never see a deer in a clearing or field, never. Other places its almost like the place to watch them gather. Some place the deer are very nocturnal, not good! Some not.

Good Luck!

I couldn' t tell you about suburban deer except what some friends tell me who hunt near the edge of the city limits, they say its much easier pickins!!!

I for one have never experienced easy pickins!