Jerry...was the same way here for years, place i used to hunt had plenty of guys on the edges shooting everything that moves. So, we knew that any buck we saw, might never be seen again.
we later sold that place and bought the farm i have now, and it took a few years to get used to the fact we could actually have a pretty
good chance of seeing the same deer year for years as they mature....so, we started trying to make the place as attractive as possible to hold a lot of deer.
Has been interesting watching them grow. We run a bunch of trail cams &its kinda like Christmas morning when pulling cards......never know what sorta surprise we're gonna get.
Best of luck this fall on your hunts!
G~
