If the season starts in October..and you are watching them in August...You have not "ruined" the area...I call it pre season scouting...you are doing less harm sitting in a stand in a good areathan walking all over the woods looking for sign...Now that he has seen what he needs to see I would bet he would leave them alone...Besides, once the rut starts, that buck will be following a doe...She's the one that will bust you.