I had a guy try and tell me last year not to hunt the spot my stand was on after oct 21 for the same reason. He said if we all got togather and did not hunt a area till gun season we would all have a better chance of getting a deer. I told him i was bow hunting till jan 6th. He said you have months i have 2 weeks it wont kill you to leave that area alone till after gun season. I said nope maybe that 12 will come back by tomorrow. THen i told him to buy a bow