Building mill on deer?

Hi,

I'm new to AOE2. I've been trying to get better, specifically at the early game. Something I've latched on to is going for a fast castle. I'm still pretty slow on the build (record time is only 16 min). One thing I'm having difficulty with is deer. I still can't get my scout to lure them. I'm getting better, but it takes so much of my focus that I end up screwing something up with resources elsewhere. One guide I've been following suggests milling them when there are 4+. However, it doesn't really specify how/when to do this and I've not been successful.

I play mostly Black Forest right now and there seems to be almost always a group of 4 deer (sometimes the 2 boars aren't far off either). If I should build a mill, how should I do it?

Here is the build I've been trying to master (just researched a few strategies on youtube):

• 1-6 sheep
• 7-10 wood
• 11 boar
• 12 house then berries
• 12-15 berries
• 16-20 sheep
• 21-23 wood
• 23-26 gold

It seems like there are quite a few options, but I have no idea how to really fit the mill in.

• I could skip the boar at 11/ and instead build a mill on the deer starting with villager 11. Then I would also skip the berries with 12-15 and have them farm deer instead.
• Starting at villager 16 I could build a new mill on the deer.
• Skip the deer altogether and farm them in castle age.

Really, it just seems like the deer are slowing me down. Which makes me lean towards just ignoring it until castle age.

Thanks!