As another relatively newbie...hunt that spot off and on. Use a chair and hunt elsewhere too. We (I have 5 others I hunt with off and on) tend to see more from particular stands, but the random use of chairs and wind direction will get you a better idea of where they are and where they are going so you will do much better next year. Basically you can build your knowledge by scoping the area for next year with your chair and a treestand. Some say that using a stand 4 times in one location means it is time to move it.

I believe that once you use a treestand three times in two weeks its hot. Too hot to use again for at least a week. Get your chair out then. Unless this is like up against public land with domesticated deer or something. We hunt up against public land and have one treestand we have not moved in 10 years. Gets half our deer. But the ones in wild lands might get you a deer the first few times and but never again until next year. You can get away with a lot the first time in it. But they get wise and avoid the area.

With rut coming try using scents and chairs. I place the scents 10 yds upwind of where I want to shoot them about 25yds off, they slow down before they get there and they usually don't walk right up to it anyway. This worked perfect last week for a good sized buck, but my shooting failed. Walk around your area and look for good shooting travel lanes for your chair too. The more areas you have to move to the more likely you will hit pay dirt.