I hate to say this but... you should be hunting the 4000 acres more. There is a good reason why Gmmat doesn't see many bucks till Nov. nor you for that matter. They just probablyaren't thereor just a fewin that small of acreage duringthe early part of your season!!! The does are there but the bucks could very well be hanging out of the neighbor's land. The does bring them in during rut and why you see more bucks at this time.

We search out our buck spots. I cover a lot of ground to do it. In say 5,000 acres we might find good numbers of bucks in6 certainareas with them ranging ( bedding area to feeding area ) of 80 -200 acres. They are using 1200 acres at mostout of that 5,000 acres. Granted you might see a few bucksanywheres in that 5,000 acres but the bulk of them are not using it. It generally has to do with big bedding areas per area. The does are all over as that is their nature with fawning to the point where they start grouping up more late fall/early winter or frompressure.

Tim