A couple of years ago I took a buck from my stand on a very heavy trail! The buck was with a pretty large group of deer with two other bucks in it. The next day while hunting the same stand. The same group of deer came up the same path just about the same time and I took one of the other 2 bucks! The gut pile was there from the buck before and it was the same group I shot at the day before! Go figure?? Gut him where he lays! ... Good luck! ... Jim