ORIGINAL: GMMAT
GMMAT, I think that if I were you I would just hunt near food sources for the does and once the rut begins to kick in I would move more towards the edges of the bedding areas where you might catch a horny old goat on his way in or out. That is just me though. I have no experience with where you are or what your hunting area is like.
Sounds great to me, Huntingson. Let's look at this another way.....
How many deer would I have to "educate"....to "ruin" my season or my chance at a shooter buck? As much as I try....I am going to 'educate" some (if "educate" means introducing human scent and being seen, occasionally). I have numbers, though. Rob and I have talked about this before. There's no way I'm going to educate them all.....and I don't "think" I'm educating them to the extent they're going to leave my area.
My chance, I'm taking.....I could be totally wrong.
There is a lot of factors to consider when trying to figure out how many you are educating such as: How many times have you been busted, how many were around when/if you did. How many were around when you made shots orwhen you went to recover your deer. What routes you took to get into your stands. What the age of the deer (fawns or mature does) that did bust you (if any)etc...
The list goes on and on, it's very difficult to determine how much you have or will effect them by continuing to hunt does, heckin some cases you were probably not even aware of the fact that you're educating them.