Do you take the chance of creeping in deeper to where he is and risk bumping him out of there? Or do you ride it out and hope he slips up and comes out earlier?
Boy I've been asking myself this question allot lately. Specially now being the rut Is winding down and my hunting tactics and places where stands are up will be changing, some I have already moved, other places not real sure what to do. It's time to hunt trails leading to food. Whether Its the trail coming out of the bedding area I set up on, or the staging area right by his bedding area are the decisions I've got to make on where to go. The staging area by his bedding area I think will be my choice. In saying what I said I'm just assuming a particular buck Is bedding where I think he Is. This time of the year Is a tough one for me. Allot of the bucks really get nocturnal with the huge amount of hunting pressure they received from the gun season's that are now over besides the ML season, not many hunters doing that around my area.
Good luck NY Bowhunter!!