My cousin tried his hand at Archery for the first time this year (successuflly) and asked me to give him a hand. I carried my .308 incase we saw a dog, bear, cat or whatever.
Last weekend I went scouting Deer for Modern Rifle and tried for a bear. I did pop a grouse with my rifle, and about 5-10 minutes later had a group of Doe walk by. I've yet to see deer get scared off with just 1 or 2 rifle shots.
Bottom line, I'm gonna do my thing if I'm the first one there. If someone is there first I'll do my thing somewhere else.