Sir I have to disagree, I spent over 80 hours in the field this fall hunting and quite a few hours scouting... the buck (my first) i shot was 1.5 yrs old, its not about how much time you put in its about what quality the deer in your area are... im NOT some lazy guy who just goes out and shoots the first thing i see... it was pure luck I even got my buck he just happened to step out at just the wrong moment... this year i saw a total of 10 deer and I shot 2 (a doe and buck) it was a very hard year this year... last year i saw over 20...
How much hunting have you done? i happen to know that they DONT come charging to every call you make... (i know the hard way)
no offense