On my farm and my family's farms the deer bed in the same general areas. Hunting the fringes like I do means that sometimes I have does come by and sometimes I have bucks come by. The same goes for the entrance/exit points of the feeding areas. I don't save any stands just for the rut, but there are certainly stands that are better at different times of the year.

Different parts of the state that offer different terrain open themselves up more to hunting terrain features such as saddles, etc where bucks will tend to make their scrape lines and rub lines. I usually travel to these areas for the pre-rut before the chase phase starts and hunt these older bucks who are not so patiently waiting the does to come into heat. Come the chase phase I am back at home hunting the same bedding areas and travel routes I spoke of earlier.