Bowhunting is like that, I hunt a 400 acre farm in Grant county (wisconsin) Alone...noone else bow hunts it. I earned this privilage last year when I married my wife. Anyway I have seen 6 or 7 150+ class deer and many small bucks. I have had does walk right under my stand and I still haven't taken a deer. I have hunted 25+ times this year as well. Things just have to go absolutely right to bag a deer. You can be winded, seen, make a noise, I had a deer spooked by a cow that I was just about to draw back on. The list never ends. I am in my 7th year bowhunting and have taken 1 nine pointer. It's not easy.... so be giddy as hell when you get one. Thats my opinion.