First and foremost pre scouting your area.You have to know where to start your hunt.Just walking into a timber isnt going to put you on a big boy.You have to put yourself on him.Disturb little as possible.Your in his back yard.If someone started cutting branches and trees in your yard your going to know it,So will they.They will move to another area when pressured.

I like a good camo pattern to match the changing seasons.Scent eliminator on my clothes and equiptment.I usually hunt from a stand,so i put scent out 20 yds around my stand.Sometimes i dig fresh dirt in spots around the stands that seems to draw them in to investigate.

During pre-rut-I like to rattle and grunt.During the rut i stay in my stand all day.You never now when they are going to chase a doe past you or on the prowl for a hot doe.

It's not how big the Deer,But the size of the experiance that matters!!