Alabama's season length is both a blessing and a curse. Problem is too many guys running around for 2-3 months with rifles. If an individual deer has any site fidelity he is dead or at least shot at. Growing up in a state with a 1 week gun season you learn that deer exhibiting patterns may change them for a week or even 3-4 weeks during rut or during the orange army week. But they usually fall back in. I bet if you all changed your leases to bow only (or limited gun to a week) you would think differently about whether you can pattern an old buck.