A bunch and nice.
Personally, I dont like the idea of wild animals getting accustomed to humans, but not saying much can be done about it. They “look” like the same animals I have to work hard to hunt, but then again they aren’t.

A bunch and nice.
Personally, I dont like the idea of wild animals getting accustomed to humans, but not saying much can be done about it. They “look” like the same animals I have to work hard to hunt, but then again they aren’t.

I once had that ideology. Then I hunted few family only ranches…where lack of hunting pressure per acre over generations of deer is interesting result. Some of the public land ive hunted is interesting, tag # go down but human presence(hikers, runners, yoga etc) increases, and you get a similar ideology as above.

it looks like the high fence in the background is not holding them.. a reall nice one just over the fence..

Then you would be very disappointed hunting a huge ranch like the King Ranch. There are deer there that have little to no fear of humans due to the fact they hardly ever see humans. I was able to go onto the King Ranch with my uncle back in the late 70's and saw how gentle those deer were first hand. I have seen videos of archery hunters stalking bucks and shooting them at under 30 yards. One deer ended up netting book. Not all the deer on that ranch are like that or still like that today. I know a man who stalked and killed a buck at 20 yards with his bow on another South Texas ranch....low fence and not that large of ranch. Deer on large nonhunted ranches that have very little human traffic are not that wild since they do not view humans as a threat. Once deer are hunted they become wilder and smarter. They view humans as a threat. Shoot them from a vehicle and after a few years see what the results are like . Shoot from a stand/blind and let other deer see you exit or hear you in the blind and you have now educated them. Some deer even on the largest ranches or more heavily hunted ranches just have a different temperament. Not the norm but still it happens more than one thinks.

Then you would be very disappointed hunting a huge ranch like the King Ranch. There are deer there that have little to no fear of humans due to the fact they hardly ever see humans. I was able to go onto the King Ranch with my uncle back in the late 70's and saw how gentle those deer were first hand. I have seen videos of archery hunters stalking bucks and shooting them at under 30 yards. One deer ended up netting book. Not all the deer on that ranch are like that or still like that today. I know a man who stalked and killed a buck at 20 yards with his bow on another South Texas ranch....low fence and not that large of ranch. Deer on large nonhunted ranches that have very little human traffic are not that wild since they do not view humans as a threat. Once deer are hunted they become wilder and smarter. They view humans as a threat. Shoot them from a vehicle and after a few years see what the results are like . Shoot from a stand/blind and let other deer see you exit or hear you in the blind and you have now educated them. Some deer even on the largest ranches or more heavily hunted ranches just have a different temperament. Not the norm but still it happens more than one thinks.

We were on St John’s island (USVI) yesterday and there was a deer, appeared to be a whitetail but who knows, walking through a park.