Ever had a bullet whiz by your head? You tend not to forget! Fawns see ma shot-tend to remember!
And on the mature bucks-my neighbor and I get many pics{primarily nighttime} of large bucks yet no-one sees them during hunting hours.

I cant make sense of these suggestions either. IMO its more of a fantasy than reality. Similar to the suggestion that mature bucks are everywhere you just cant see them, photograph them, or kill them.

You guys are just kidding yourself if you think deer dont learn and react negatively to pressure/killing them. Its uncanny how quickly they can determine the difference in terms, for instance a farmer in the field feeding his cattle every day will get little more than a look from the resident deer. Then season opens and he decides to kill him a couple, and takes his gun along and kills one, then maybe another one again on day 2, he will be lucky to even see a deer by day 3 where they had been for months without fail. I have saw this reaction in much more complex circumstances several times over the years hunting certain areas, they absolutely learn very quickly what is a danger to them and what isnt. And yes I guarantee you most people who never kill or even see a mature buck are hunting areas where 1 or more lives, they are that good at patterning/avoiding danger once they get a few years on them! I would venture to say anybody that is arguing this doesnt see or kill very many mature deer!

I agree, but if that farmer only harvests bucks, will the does continue to feed in site if his tractor? I think not. They're not smart enough to think hey we got nothing to worry about, we're does, he only shoots bucks.