Compound bow advice sought

[Mortblanc]

Deer and other medium sized game are unusual creatures.

It is common for many species to appear semi-domesticated when one is "walking through the woods" or sitting empty handed on a stump. I have pet deer that feed in my back garden, wild turkey that graze with my chickens and have camped where bear walk about the campsite as if they had been invited to the outing.

However, as soon as there is ANY hunting pressure they will disappear. As soon as the human "hunting thermiones" drift through the air the timid little creatures seem to know exactly the range of the weapon you are carrying and what to do to stay just outside that range!

They sense your intent.

A month ago I was camping in prime black bar country inside a federal sanctuary. Bear season was open in that district and the hunting pressure was on with hounds and radio coordinated hunters in deer stands and on ATV machines all over the woods hunting in earnest. Guess where all the bear were ???

Correct, they were all camping inside the sanctuary boundaries with the tree huggers. I did not hear a shot fired from the surrounding area all weekend.

I have honestly had to kick wild turkey off my porch to enter my house on the day before hunting season opened and not seen another turkey until after the official season closed! It is as if the WMA sends them an e-mail telling them when season opens and another to tell them when the can return.

During the season hunters go to extreme lengths to mask their scent, camo their stands, climb trees and do most anything to get an upper hand on their elusive prey that were eating corn from the back of their pickup trucks only hours earlier.

We have a multi billon pound industry over here that specializes in bottling female deer pee to use as a scent mask!

I fear that you expectant British "hunters", thinking your deer are all tame, stupid, or have the wild bred out of them, are going to be very shocked SHTF +10 minutes when you find that the band of sheeple that just grabbed their clubs and chased the deer out of the park have turned your food supply back into wild animals, and though they are ravaging your crops and devouring your fruit trees you never seem to get a glimpse of them.

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As for British deer being different from other deer ????

How do the deer know they are British?