LEt me ask, guys....because my question has underlying possible repercussions.....

I have been hunting a GREAT staging area all year long on the "old" land. I've hunted it "fairly" hard up to and including the rut. I have taken several does from this area.....and I've still been able to take two good representative bucks from my woods in this little parcel.

I don't think the bucks are ANYWHERE near this area until the rut. I've seen so few bucks, here, it's disheartening. bit when the magic time gets here.....so do they. How much am I hurting my chances, later on, if I decide to take some does early, here? if they'r enot there, anyways.......what can I hurt?

OK....I can educate does.....but I can't (or won't) educate all of them (too many of them). Can I still take does from here and feel good about it? I KNOW it's worked out that way int he past.....but ANY time we take a good buck 'some" luck comes into play. I'd like to stack my odds on that "luck" as much as possible....and still feel like I'm being a good manager of the resources.

Catch-22......