I don't put as much emphasis on getting my stands up a couple months in advance as most people do. Sure, I like to have my stands up a few weeks prior to opening day, but if they aren't up in June or July I won't lose any sleep over it. I hung a stand in the dark last season in a spot that I had thought looked good the day before and saw deer all day long. Then again, I haven't hunted very hard for big mature bucks either, so I could be wrong.