If I was hunting it, I would not make any decisions yet. Based on what you said with the unknown food situation I would wait till september and then take a day to go through the woods and check for early rubs and scrapes, see if you can find those big boys bedding areas. If it is hot, watch the water too! I would base where I hang a stand for the early season on what I find in september, trying to key in getting stands set to catch deer returning home in the morning, since you dont know for sure where the food is.