I've been doing this bow hunting for going on 40 years. I say I'm successful at it. But, if I give advice when ask people tend to get a little upset if it's not what they want to hear. They tend to suddenly get defensive and tell me I don't understand or something. With that thought in mind I'll try to put this delicately. If you've got a farm to hunt in NC there are deer there. Because you're not seeing them doesn't mean they're not there. Being new at the game I suspect you have and will make the same mistakes a lot of us have. Chief among those mistakes is not changing that which isn't working. Reevalute your stands(height and all), your approaches, your scent control, your movements on stand etc etc etc etc. Avoid the cardinal sins, over hunting a stand, hunting when the wind is wrong, sticking with that which isn't working. You got a whole farm to hunt. There are a zillion places on that farm to hunt. Why take the chance on spooking deer. AND...if there are really only a few deer on the place, they'll move when you spook them. It may not be far, but they'll move. If you want me to tell you it's OK, hunt it tomorrow, no big deal yada yada ... I'd be telling you something that I've found not to be the case. I've shot more deer in a year with a bow than many have shot in their lifetime. Everyone has taught me something or reinforced what I had learned. Become the predator, not the guy who just puts in seat time and gets lucky once in a while. And IF there are only 3 or 4 deer on the farm, spend a week of hunting time knocking on doors begging someone to let you hunt. There aren't many crops in the big woods or on state lands either, but they hold a lot more than 3 deer. Reevalute yourself and what you think you're seeing.