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I have a friend that feeds deer on his property using a ATV. The deer come running whenever they hear it.
Years ago I bow hunted a field a half mile back on an old dugway road. Used to park my truck at the other end of the field thinking it would scare them to my end. After watching deer feed quietly and unalarmed right next to my truck, 300 yards away from me, I realized the sight of me walking was more of a threat to them, than the sight or sound of the truck. Thus, there was no reason to walk the extra difference and give them more chance of seeing me walking.
For the most part, deer do not recognize vehicles as danger. This is why poachers shoot from the truck window and you can canoe right up to a deer on a riverbank. ATVs can smell like a chain saw and chain saws are a dinner bell to deer.
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