RE: How many hours in the stand with no deer (this year)??
bscofield, I feel for you. I think only once or twice this year I went out without a deer with in range. If you ever make it out east next year, I'll put you on some deer.
Good luck, stick with it and start now looking for more property to hunt. When I started Bow hunting it took me 3 years to shoot one and also I hooked up with some great freinds who took me under their wing to help me out.