As I read responses, I'm realizing that MY experience has been mainly with heavily pressured whitetails. With this in mind, I stand on my idea that many mature bucks just aren't going to risk dying for the company of a doe...but WILL however partake if a couple teenagers bring a hot doe into his bedroom.
I hunted a large tract of land for a few years with very little pressure here in Indiana and it was unbelievable how visible mature bucks were during the day. They were EVERY WHERE EVERY DAY starting November 1st. Since then, these guys on tv that kill big ones every year in Iowa or Illinois on land they have exclusive permission to hunt don't impress me at all. Those deer let their guard down BIG TIME.
I didn't kill any huge bucks those three years but I saw a buch of them. I passed 130-140" deer 10 yards away because I hade 170" deer 50 yards away. But that same land became open to the public and it took about 3 years to be ruined. I still saw big ones, but they were completely different characters.