Ok, hey you have your challenges and that's you what you like so you gotta go for it. But I guess Im much different than you. I don't have to kill a big buck every year, but I want to be around them so the opportunitycan be there for me. If it doesn't mean that much to you and you are good to go, then so be it. I don't hunt for mature bucks exclusively, I will pass on small ones and have many times, but I also hunt for property and try to get to know people so I can get on those peices that have them. In this area every county has big bucks for miles around. I live in Chesterfield county the neighboring counties: Prince George, Surry, Sussex, Dinwiddie, Amelia, Henrico, tec all have big bucks, including my own coutny among all the houses! Im lucky I guess to live where I live, but Jeff if those deer are in your county too, then why not on the land you hunt?? What makes it unappealing to them?/