STAY ON THE MOVE..... The biggest mistake hunters make when hunting mature whitetails is to overhunt an area once they locate a good buck. I firmly believe constant rotation on different properties will lead to much greater sucess than over-hunting a spot (even if it's a known funnel, pinch point, etc...)

I've killed every book buck on my wall on the first time in. Most of them were when I carried my climber, bow, and pole pruner into a new area, trim a few lanes, and hunt. You simply can't beat the element of surprise.

It took me 33 different stand sets before I finally sealed the deal on the buck I was hunting last season. The night I killed him was in the stupidest spot I'd hunted all year. I knew I wasn't going to see a thing; and before I knew it, he popped out under my stand. This is the way it usually happens for me, when I least expect it. The buck is now on my wall.....