RE: Did I spook this buck for good?
This one incident is probably not enough to make him change his routine. Better to have spooked him with your daughter along while you were merely taking a walk. Deer live around humans, they have to. They see non threatening humans all year long and thats what you were on this walk. Now, if you spook a mature buck from your tree,the only way he comes back past that tree is if a really hot doe leads him past it. Otherwise, your busted for the season with that buck in that tree.