Was having this discussion. What do you all think?
Do whitetails fear the scent of a person because it is a natural instinct? Or is this learned somehow and passed down?
If it is passed down, how do they correlate the smell with someone trying to kill them?
Hypothetically, if there was zero people killing deer, would deer still fear the smell of a person?
I tend to lean towards it being a learned trait because I have seen deer walk down sidewalks constantly in Ann Arbor, MI with zero fear.... year round.
Thoughts?
Go.
Do whitetails fear the scent of a person because it is a natural instinct? Or is this learned somehow and passed down?
If it is passed down, how do they correlate the smell with someone trying to kill them?
Hypothetically, if there was zero people killing deer, would deer still fear the smell of a person?
I tend to lean towards it being a learned trait because I have seen deer walk down sidewalks constantly in Ann Arbor, MI with zero fear.... year round.
Thoughts?
Go.