publicland is tough to hunt .archery it will take all your time and you still may not get chance a buck.today everyone is scouting more than ever before do to lack of a lot of deer in all areas.deer are usually in certain areas and archery hunters know this.
with this the bucks will stay hidden until after dark or until rut starts.best advice i can give you is too HUNT THE RUT,that last week of archery season.
stay out trees.this is time to be on ground,this way you can move next day after seeing buck.being in tree you are stuck.bucks act different then, i had them walk right in front of me 100s of times.

friends that hunt out of trees,they always lose that week.carry binos and do scouting that RUT WEEK but be ready, he may walk right by you.bucks are unpredicatable during rut,i usually try to find where doe are feeding that week and i watch them.if i see buck out of range ,i sneak back out and give it try next day but now i know about which direction he is coming from.its hard if you are older, i fall backwards a lot, i bet those doe think its a BIGFOOT in brush, no its me that get cramps up when i kneel .

man i am not that old also but i miss the 18 year old days when i could kneel for hour without moving.soooooooooooooooooo,hunt the RUT week,use other weeks to scout and see where other hunters are hunting.if you see hunters,there are deer and in archery most other than me dont hide their trucks, i still hide mine so i am not followed into woods but it still happens every year.i had 9 treestands around me in a 500 yd circle last year.