Your friend is concerned about messing your season up being so close on 94 acres? Unless it is entirely field I don't see how he'd mess you up at all. there is plenty of land to stay away from each other far enough that unless you wnated to see each other you wouldn't even knoew the other guy us there.

As for the area that was baited.

If he still wants to hunt the bucks that you're talking about set-up somewhere else along his travel route that is not within 500 yds that would make it legal. All 3 of those bucks aren't hanging out within 500 yds of the spot all the time.They're traveling between their bedding area andwhere they eat as well as starting to check their terrain out. Especially as the rut starts to come on.