Is there anyway you can walk around it? Are you bowhunting or gun hunting? With the rut going on the deer sleeping patterns are kind of messed up right now. The bucks are going to be on the go most the time. if you are hunting with a gun this would be a good place to sit all day long. If the groups around you start driving deer and they come to your bedding area you best be there. Don't leave the stand till after dark. Plan ahead when you leave for the night. What I mean on that lets say you saw 15 deer heading west of your stand before dark try heading east to get out of there and come in in the morning the same way you went out the night before. But I would not walk through the heart of their bedding area. GOOD LUCK!!!

I would try to sneak in early moorning. I hit the woods at shooting time. that way if I kick up a buck Ill have a shot. I used to head in an hour early. Prob was I kick up a deer and have to go to stand site and hope it comes back. Its much easier to sneak in when you can see the ground. This time of year deer sleep at any time. i have found them bedded in early morning til late in day. You never know