I check out fields in the evenings, I'll try to find where bucks enter the field each evening. The first week of the season I'll hunt the field edge and then move further back in to the woods, 20-40 yds at a time. Wait for the wind to be blowing in to the field.

Last year I had a 130-140 class 8 pointer within 20 yds of my stand on 3 consecutive hunts in the first two weeks of the season.