The element of surprise is "KEY" to taking a big whitetail.....if you are going in and hanging stands aweek or two before the season along a travel route,no big deal! If you are moving stands during the rut you can get away with it as the bucks are cruseing around in unfamilar territory!
If you go near or into a bucks bedding area which has had no humans in it for most of the year and suddenly you show up and start putting up stands......thats putting the buck on alert.......he knows when someone has been in his bedroom or living room!
I can not overstate that you must use "STEALTH" when hunting a big buck...........if you let him know hes being hunted,he will become nocturnal and your only chance to take him will be during the rut!
I have 18 stands up as of last week and feel that I hung them nun to early!If you want to take big bucks you have to play the game different or depend on pure luck!
Im not saying that luck plays no part in taking a nice buck,because it does!
The more things you do right,the luckier you get!!!!!
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