You should continue to learn. With that being said it sure helps to have more encounters of a close nature with deer. You could sit 90 x's a season and not see any deer....... 2 things you have learned. 1-- this stand location sucks 2-- why didn't I move earlier, heck what a waste of time.
I learned alot this season. The learning curve got real steep this year. My season was from aug 25 till nov 29 and I must have sat in stand 60x's or so.