I know that not everybody has the money and or the space to install at least 2 stands, but I highly recommend it. Myself I would stay away for a few days, IF, it's my only stand. I ran into this very problem years ago when I tried baiting one year. Deer would come to my bait pile after dark, locking me into my stand until after 9p some nights. I was afraid to leave for fear of them never coming back, I missed many of dinner. Then I got smart. I started carrying 8-10 apples with me, and when it came time to come down, I just started whipping the apples at the bait pile. It worked, you could hear them running at top speed thru the woods. This went on all season, some of the thuds sounded a little different than the ones that hit the ground (oops, sorry). I ended up shooting 2 nice bucks out of the stand I had set up about 40 yards down wind of the pile. That was the first and last year of me hunting over a bait pile, I always set my stands 40 plus yards down wind of a bait pile, if it is legal, or a natural food source. Good luck. Moral of the story, carry apples and toss them, then listen to which direction they run to safety before coming down. The intel you pick up after dark, is just as valuable as scouting in off season, IMO.