We tend to hunt plots a lot at one of our places. 2 members bow hunt only and 2 gun hunt only. As one of the gun hunters, my point was that I can sneak in and out of the shooting houses without ever alarming a deer (as long as I hunt proper wind). However, every time the bow hunters hunt those same plots they walk through the plot to climb a tree along the edge of the field and at the end of the hunt they either scare deer out of the plot by making noise climbing down the tree or by walking back through the plot. IMHO this type of consistent pressure is much worse than shooting a gun in a plot 1-2 times per year.
Of course, if I had it my way we would not shoot any does on plots!
