Whitetail seem to be as predictable as the sun rising in the east, at least when compared to elk. We have hunted the same spot in oklahoma for 3 years and they will come if you sit there. This year, we killed three in one spot, each kill being no further than 200 yards from the other and all of hte kills fitting within a 300 yard circle. We field dressed them righ there leaving the gut piles for scavengers. The scavengers didnt come but there deer continued to come back everyday and sunup and sundown. The bucks will change to unpredictableduring the rut of course, but the does continue to do the same thing. The good news is that the bucks follow the does no matter what during the rut so the bucks are still somewhat predictable where we hunt. I hope this helps, my hunting experience is limited, I have only killed 4 deer and I have only been hunting deer for two years. EJ