I was looking around one of my stands (he has been spotted twice within 100 yards of this spot) and I found many tracks coming out of a bedding area up to a cut bean field. Alot of these tracks were HUGE compared to the others around it. I set my camera up for a few days and more tracks were there, but I am waiting to get time to get the pictures developed still.
What some people don't think about is.......that deer doesn't know whether you're checking stands, setting out cameras....or hunting. ALL he knows is.....(as evidenced by the amount of scent left in the area)...you've been trotting around on HIS turf, again....and again...). GregH said something VERY smart the other day that I haven't forgotten. He said he uses a rangefinder (in lieu of stepping off distances to landmarks/trees around his stands) because he doesn't want to leave ANY MORE human scent on the ground than is absolutely neccessary. the deer don't know you're only stepping off distances....and not hunting!
One of my teammates told me a while back......that he's never heard of a stand/location being UNDERhunted.....and that the best time to take an animal from a particular stand is the first day you hunt it. It's worked that way for me, this year. The day I missed the 10 pointer was the first evening in that stand. Ditto my harvests.
MY advice is to decide on a stand.......pick a day when the wind is right.....and otherwise STAY THE HEXX AWAY FROM THE AREA!
Jeff