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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5718672" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>Until the advent of all this recent modern technology: trail-cameras, cell trail-cameras, GPS-collars, etc. we hunters had to take 20-30 seconds of personal observation of a given animal and then try to extrapolate all of their daily movements from those little snipets of information. This can lead to some serious errors in interpretation. We, as humans, tend to project human thoughts and influences onto an animal that does not have our reasoning power. In fact, it is highly likely that deer cannot "reason" at all. They simply react to input moment by moment and are incapable of "thinking through" a solution to a problem. They simply instinctively react to a situation, and if that works (they're still alive), they will react the same way each time they are presented with the same stimulus. But that does indicate - and a fully believe - they have long memories. They do not forget dangerous encounters and alter their behavior to avoid the same encounter.</p><p></p><p>I literally cannot count the number of ideas hunters (and even biologists) held sacrosanct until modern research techniques proved those idea wrong.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5718672, member: 17"] Until the advent of all this recent modern technology: trail-cameras, cell trail-cameras, GPS-collars, etc. we hunters had to take 20-30 seconds of personal observation of a given animal and then try to extrapolate all of their daily movements from those little snipets of information. This can lead to some serious errors in interpretation. We, as humans, tend to project human thoughts and influences onto an animal that does not have our reasoning power. In fact, it is highly likely that deer cannot "reason" at all. They simply react to input moment by moment and are incapable of "thinking through" a solution to a problem. They simply instinctively react to a situation, and if that works (they're still alive), they will react the same way each time they are presented with the same stimulus. But that does indicate - and a fully believe - they have long memories. They do not forget dangerous encounters and alter their behavior to avoid the same encounter. I literally cannot count the number of ideas hunters (and even biologists) held sacrosanct until modern research techniques proved those idea wrong. [/QUOTE]
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