Well I have 2 weeks left of my hunting season. I hate to keep harping on the gun season here and what's happened, but it relates to this question. I've been hunting my main piece of land pretty much all season. Been here and there a few times to mix it up and give it a break, but put all my energy into the bucks on my main land. I have/had a good handle on what the deal is out there. I have some really good setups for late season. I know there are still some creatures lurking that have survived the onlslaught.

I've gone buckless so far. Had some REALLY good opportunities on some quality bucks, but again due to strang circumstances I just haven't been able to close the deal yet. Recently I had a giant beautiful 10 pointer heading towards me for a slam dunk 15 yard shot only to be chased in the next county by 10 gun hunters that were trespassing. Since then I've had 4 other encounters!!! I have NO idea what's going on this year as far as that goes. It's usually not that bad. A new group of "hunters"/trespassers in the area I guess.

Anyway my question.... These deer are as pressured as I've ever seen around me. I can't really stand fending off orange people anymore. Hell I have people walking into my setup at 4:00 in the afternoon. While I know this land like the back of my hand and know I'm setup perfect for what SHOULD give me at least another crack at a quality buck (on a typical year), I'm not sure what to do. I don't know if I'm wasting the rest of my hunting time or not. I have a few other pieces of land that I could hunt and take my chances. They are (should be) fairly unpressured. I'd be kind of going in their blind though. I know a few spots that I've scouted in the past, but nowhere near as good as I know where I am now.

Would you ride it out where I am now, take the chances that the big bucks are not all in underground tunnels, and deal with what's going on? Or would you pickup and head to where you're 99% sure you wouldn't have encounters with other people and the deer should be somewhat normal (even if you didn't know the land very well)?