depends where you hunt and if you know deer are there in my opinion, i just started hunting close to home which is archery only and i can watch a field thru my windows of my house and see 7 deer a night, i can go in the bush where i muzzle and rifle and go a few days without seeing a deer. the field across the road from my house has winter wheat seeded in it and is starting to sprout, i watch them every night, starting at 5, they are so comfortable on that field that they are laying down, then again, there is no hunting pressure here, not many archery hunters here, where i gun hunt, lots more pressure, the deer are way more aware. a week to me seems like a long time not to see a deer, but i guess it all depends on where you hunt