I wouldn't go blasting right in and hanging stands without at least spending an evening or two watching the fields and seeing the entry/exit points.

You can usually walk around and pick out the bedding areas and the food sources, but sometimes deer have a way of taking unique routes and developing habits that can make you scratch your head from time to time.

If you're archery hunting, that 10-15 hours of preseason scouting and observation will help you put pinpoint the activity and give yourself the best chances of success.

We've all gone out and sweated ourselves into a slathering messhanging a stand set on an 84 degree Saturday only to realize later that the deer passing just out of range. So, we have to go out andsweat it up again, rip it down, reposition the blasted thing and hunt it again.

IMO - Save yourself the aggravation and get a good feel for where the deer are moving before you waste your effort.