In the areas where you have seen all that deer sign, is there any heavy cover nearby?
Did you find any areas with 1/2 eaten acorns? Deer feeding on acorns leave alot of broken acorns on the ground.
Find the thickest cover near these areas and watch the edge that is down wind.
The wind is very important, try to keep it in your face or atleast to your side.
Sit near these areas fom around 2:30 untill dusk.
Yesterday I watched 3 does feeding along a powerline at 3:40pm. They came out of a swampy area just too far up the powerline for me to shot. I plan to relocate my stand closer to where they were the next time I hunt there.
Thanksgiving morning I hunted in Putnam County and saw 10 hunters. At 9am I went back to the car and saw 8 does feeding on a homeowners lawn right by all the hunter' s cars.
On the way home last night (about 4:30pm)I saw at least 30 deer feeding in a field (posted)
keep trying, they' re out there.
Warren