They are either there of they aren't but how do you know that they aren't there? Just because you don't see them or get them on camera doesn't mean "they aren't there" and then what is your definition of "there". Just because a buck doesn't live on the property and spend 95% of his time there doesn't mean they don't occaisionally come through particularly during the rut. I hunt an area approx. 30 acres that is behind my house and I have logged hundreds of hours on stand there over the last 8 years and only seen 1 good buck from a stand in all that time. But just about every year, my neighbor that owns the ground spends the vast majority of his time there tells me about the big buck he saw come across the place. He normally sees a big buck once or twice a year and normally within a few days of seeing it the first time and it's always during the rut. So, IMO the odds of me killing a big deer there are very slim BUT if I was on stand at the right time I would have a chance of seeing or killing a big one almost every year. So spending more time in the tree or figuring out where this deer is living etc. etc. could put me in the right spot at the right time. I have other areas to hunt that I have better chances of killing a good buck so I don't spend any time there during the rut (or much at all anymore) but history has proven that eventhough big bucks don't frequent this track, doesn't mean they don't occaisionally come through it.