How many of you find that some of the better mule deer can be taken in early season under the following circumstances:

1. Open breaks-type country
2. You've hiked into a low pressure area
3. Glass, spot and stalk
4. Know the country you are hunting from previous years.

I have found that I see some of my better bucks early. I think the rut can make more deer evident to the observer in less glassable country, but I'm not sure it makes that much difference under the circumstances I described.

What do you think?