Hey minimag, you're practically hunting in my neck of the woods...I'm outside Dover. In my experience, you may see him again, spook him again, and STILL see him again...or you may NEVER see him again. lol I had a very large bodied buck (small 6 point rack though ) under my stand tonite...I practiced going through all the steps to shooting him...everything except releasing...several times. Finally, I got tired of standing/holding the bow, and I hung my bow, and sat down. He was only about 10 yds away (sniffng a scrape I made). My arm brushed the trunk of the tree just a TINY bit, and he bounded about 30 yds away...I waited til he turned his head away from me, and grunted once, and he came RIGHT back. So I agree with the other guy, that during the rut, they'll likely give you another chance at harvesting them.