It has been a long season... I have been sitting in stands with my bow since the middle of October as much as possible. I have been hunting the same deer for the last 2 seasons and the only time he ever came out during the day was November 26th in the pouring rain and was too far away for a bow shot. For the first 15 days of November I was seeing a lot of really nice bucks on camera but only at night and for a short time only 1 or 2 times a week. I did manage to take a nice buck a few Saturdays ago but he was alone walking the field line just after daylight. From November 15th until now I have seen no sign of any bucks around the does on my cameras day or night other than a small 6 point and a spike. I have a ton of does where I hunt and the big bucks just aren't following them into the fields other than the one missed opportunity. I feel the big bucks had moved out of the area for the rut to pursue other love interests but It leaves me scratching my head that they would leave a big heard of does for just some yearling bucks. There was no acorns this year here in VA and the field back there is the only one around for a long ways. Based on what I have been reading it seems the deer will return and feed up for the winter as soon as the rut is over. I was wondering is it worth sticking out.. I've never hunted into December when I've had a good food source to hunt.. haven't had much luck where I used to hunt in the late season but there wasn't much for them to eat there either.