heres somethin though, my dad knows a guy who had to put his cigarette down while a big buck came into range for him to arrow him. though.....he may have been hunting in a highly populated area of people, the deer may have grown accustomed to the smokeing of people. but i guess it all depends on the age of deer, as for being around them too. the buck i shot last eyar let me get as close as 5 yards before. it was i think that he had never seen a human. it was on top of a large mountain back in about a mile or so.