I agree the two outcomes can happen
either they adjust and stay, or they leave for other places
over the yrs I have done the dummy up a tree, posted it here before too!
deer did get used to the dummy, and in that stand I could stand about in it and they paid no attention to me after a few months
BUT the problem was getting rid of the dummy when I wanted to hunt it , had to lower it and kinda hide it, ended up leaving a big camo burlap cover to cover it when I was in the stand
I hung it so it would move with the wind too, so they got used to it moving
I have also over the yrs tried leaving sweaty shirts
about the food plots, seemed to work great, never seemed to stop deer from coming in in day light
BUT in stands I tried it far back in the woods
deer stopped using trails they did before I added the sweaty shirt, they went about 75 yrds away and made a new trail they used
Next
since I seen how the sweaty shirt moved there travel routes
I then tried , using that
by placing a sweaty shirt away from a stand, to try to steer them to a stand
had mixed results with that
some deer did alter there travels, but some still prefered to use the one's they had, but ONLY now they only used them at night!
which made them non huntable(based on trail cam's)
after that I gave up!
and just prefer to practice the best scent control I can
unless you really hunt in remote places
I think deer already are used to human scent
how much they tolerate and where they tolerate it
is the issue to beat them on! LOL