Other than the rut you best chance of getting a chance at a dominate buck is to go where he sleeps. Old mature deer dont have the range on a normal day that a young buck would. From what i have read recently and seen recently on tv is that a hunter will walk into an area, jump a big buck from a bedding area, then the hunter just goes 20 yards away and puts up the stand and waits for the boy to return. The theory behind this is mature deer are like 50 year old men, and they have had that home where no one has ever bothered them before so they will just come back and lay down. People can disagree with this, i know they will. but if you dont see him in the rut, what other chance do you have?