Bigt, I know things are different on different properties, populations , etc. I've worked with landowners in two states. I hunt managed and unmanaged lands. My point was simple......shooting does in the rut doesn't typically negatively impact buck sightings. They lose their minds. Gun shots have a bad rep for being the culprit to no deer sightings. It isn't shooting. It is human pressure and presence.
In your case it could be population. But regardless of the population shooting does isn't running off your bucks.
