my stand for a buck i want is ON a hickory tree lol...theres acorns and apples in my view too...and the beding area and they have to come by me to drink! i will be amazed if i dont see a deer...i think they like them hickory nuts..i seen them on the tree but not many on the ground telling me somethings eating them up...and the area has very few tree rats...i think they eat them..