I have 3 different types of stands. I have early season stands that focus on bedding to feeding transition zones that are used late summer/early fall. These are usually nanny whacking spots. Then I have early seasonspots such as what buckeyebuckhunter described that are usually focused on terrain features leading into or out of thickbedding areas that I will hunt up until the chasing phase. Then during the rut I will typically hunt where the does are, or hunt terrain features that funnel movement in certain directions that a buck may use while cruising from family group to family group of does.