I usually try to figure out where they have been bedding down. Unlikely to be one place, but they do tend to have their favorites.
I'll do a compass straight line walk through after a rain and look for tracks that are in pretty much a straight line. Farm roads are always a good place to check for tracks. Straight line tracks are often from bed to food or food to bed. I keep aware of the breeze if any and look for likely spots to set up. Trying to figure out if the tracks are Doe or Buck, can be interesting. No real rules except Doe tend to have a wider rear track while often Bucks have their rear track more in line with their front.
Then I set up and hope they are either early to food or late for bed. I can usually pick their general route plus or minus a hundred meters, sometimes a lot closer.