ORIGINAL: Vabowman

I read a lot about the rut and buck patterns and pre- rut, post rut, etc and I realize that I do none of these things these articles talk about. I simply hunt food sources all season. Pre-rut, rut, and post -rut. I have always seen/killed bucks this way, I never really paid much attention to travel routes, ditches, pinch points etc.. I just find food, see where deer are entering and where they are eating, and hunt the stand. Wind is either in my favor or it ain't, I don't have the luxury of not hunting that day or going to another farm like some of these guys talk about. I just drinch myself with earth scent and put some Deer Dander on and hope for the best. Most of the time it seems to work in my favor. Most guys get off on rubs and scrapes, I don't, I like to see droppings , fresh ones, wet ones, more than anything, if rubs and scrapes are there, great, if not, so what. Am I stupid or just plain crazy??!!