Ok, here is the situation:

Tuesday morning I went to public land for my first time and basically expected to see nothing. Turns out that at 7:15 a shooter buck walked out about 100 yards away. He basically crossed the road directly and made no move towards me. However, about 5 minutes later, he winded me and was 40 yards away in some thick brush. he took off.

I talked to the management at the land and they are planning to mow the old logging road the buck crossed. The weather is still somewhat warm here but i feel that i might miss my opportunity if i do not go ASAP while he is still on a pattern. My rationale for risking this attempt is that even if i do spook the buck, he would have been off of this pattern by the end of next week. So...do I:

1. Wait till cooler temps after the whole area has been mowed?

2. Hunt it hard until I am sure that the buck has changed his patterns?

Any suggestions will be gladly accepted. Thanks