1. Yes mosters make mistakes and get taken. Or you get to pick from possably many more bucks. But to me its like well, shooting fish in a barrel rather than fishing for them.
I like the way you think.
I break up my season into 2 parts:
1. The time leading up to the pre-rut...where I'm HUNTING "him" (and not simply waiting for him to waltz by ME).
&
2. The time when I admit defeat.....and resort to rut tactics.