RE: Am I lying to myself?
No, you're not lying to yourself. Last year I had literally thousands of pics of does with only one picture of a big 10 point buck. By the time the rut hit it, itseemed that all the does had left the area and the big bucks came in. I saw at least 6 differentbigbucks who were obviously looking for the does.
It make take until November, but the bucks will come around.