This sounds like my set up. I'm in a relatively small tract of woods that I'd consider to be a doe staging area as well as a travel corridor between bedding and feeding areas. I've seen big bucks in velvet in the immediate area, and watched a 150 class 10pt tend a doe (for 25 minutes within bow range behind a clump of bushes of course, never did give me a shot). So, I know they cruise does through there.

My plan is this: This area has a few scrape lines that recurr every year so I'm not going to take a doe until the stretch of season between post rut and late rut for fear of tainting the area. I'm going to hold out for a big buck in rut, hopefully. I am also going to pass hunting days that the wind is not in my favor. I used to hunt no matter what the wind just to be out, but I've gained a better understanding of travel patterns over the last couple of years in this spot. Don't pressure the area. Wait for the wind, wait for the buck, pass on the does until after rut. Just my opinion of course, I may be wrong.