Interesting. I always thought that if you find does, eventually the bucks with come too. However this idea about the dominant doe sounds like a great idea.

I'm certainly going to try this out . I have been watching a group of does since mid September and I will Defenitly start to look for that big buck to see how it all plays out I really like this idea.

Yes it was Poppa. I cant wait to see if big momma brings out big daddy. I get all excited and shaky even if just does come out.

I believe this article 100% my first mature buck was killed because me and my father had been seeing this huge doe and we decided not to shoot her because of rut and the chance of a mature buck. 3 days into the rut i was sitting in the stand where i seen her right before dark everynight and what happend?? a 10 point 163 2/3 inch buck walks underneath my stand! take this article and use it to your advantage

Right now here were in the so called October lull, moved tree stands to the boys smelling and route points. This is so true i took 2 does early in the season leaving ok ok she was to smart to shoot but i know where she lives eats and sleeps. Come on pre rut

makes sence!

Okay, this was a good article.. However I have found in high populated doe areas this tactic is almost like playing the lottery. Where I hunt in North Alabama big dominate does are like acorns on a white oak there are many and spread out over the area. So this tactic really does not work well for me in the current location I hunt. However I have found a tactic that works any and everywhere I have hunted Public/Private land. If you have access to a game camera this is a plus and can save you alot of time in a stand. Find the most dense cover on the area you are hunting. When I say dense I mean so thick it looks like rabits couldn't get threw it. Once you have located this spot identify "Deer Trails" around this area of thicket. Know which directions take you to feeding areas either acorns, food plots. Remeber a 1 hour walk to man is a 10 minute walk for a creeping deer. Most mature bucks are bedded 1 hour before daylight and stay in these thick spots almost all day only to get up to eat browse food in a small area inside these thickets. Your best chance is catching these mature bucks is when they are traveling outside the thickets of course but sometimes especially if you find yourself hunting a high hunted area these mature bucks WILL NOT come out until a couple hours after dark and return a couple hours before daylight. Your only chance when it is not peak rutting times is to catch them on the midday browse as I call it. This take serious planning and patience. Depending on what type of weapon your using will really be the difference. Obviously a bow is gonna be tough to thread the needle in a major thicket and impossible. However Mid season bucks are impossible for some. Do not be afraid while your scouting this thicket to spook the deer to know what he is doing. If you jump a mature buck up and think you have ran him out forever your wrong! That is his home and he will be back you just need to give it time to settle down. Before you hunt it. Portable stand hunting is a must for hunting these locations. If you do not get over 20ft in the air you probably won't be high enough to be out of scent range if there is a wind shift and also very visable. This is key! How many times have you hunted a spot a certain way because of the direction of the wind? everytime?! And it shifts frequently, if your 20ft or less depending on the contours of the land your hunting your scent draft is traveling on those same contours aswell so grab another 10 feet in the tree! I know this is a long post but I am trying to give the most important details.. To sum this all up these are the major points to follow for bagging mature whitetail deer in high populated doe areas where pinpointing "Mature Doe" single is impossible. #1 Find the most dense and thick patch of land your hunting on. #2 Locate trails coming out of the thicket and deterimine the hoof size if you do not have a trail cam.
#3 30 ft in a portable (harness of course!) #4 Stay longer than breakfest your only chance is to get him during his midday browse in his home! #5 ONLY hunt this area when conditions are perfect. #6 DO NOT only listen for leafs crumpleing or limbs breaking, your sight is more important on a mature buck, I have seen many huge monster type bucks pass threw making absolutly no sound at all. #7 DO NOT USE CALLS OR SCENT when using this tactic, your trying to be stealth and catch your trophy during his normal routines! #8 Stand placement is very important so be patient and think long and hard b4 you latch on to a tree. Maybe take a week of thinking before you ever hunt it. One mistake could push the deer of a life time off your property to a secondary bedding area or change his travel all together. #9 Equipment! Make sure what ever your weapon of choice is that it can make the shot of a lifetime on the buck of your dreams! Sometimes a heaver slower bullet is better for thick brushy areas, the last thing you would like to happen is equipment failure and your buck of a lifetime become an unbeleavable story! ha! #10 AIM SMALL, MISS SMALL! If you see the buck drop reload and be ready to take another shot, if the buck runs and your not sure how good of a hit you have, give this deer time to expire with a gun wound typically 1.5 hours is good enough. And thats it! Simple huh! One more thing.... If you do all these steps and are successful give the hunting spot a couple of weeks to cure out. And go back and hunt it the same way. I have found if you take the mature buck out of his home another will take his pecking grounds over very soon. Also this spot will always be a great spot to bag trophys in the future as long as no major land changes or feeding areas change over the years large bucks will use this bedroom over and over. This is probably the best advice I could give these tactics even work during the pre rut,peak rut,post rut stages. Your most mature animals if you get lucky enough to see them in action will actually bottle there doe up and keep them close to there bedroom. I have watched this more times than I can count. Hunting shows, always show you peak rutting activity for the most part and in most areas of the whitetail deer habitats this is a week of hunting at the most so what about the rest of the hunting season? Only hunt the rut? No hunt the deer your after and you will get him!
Good luck guys and I promise you will not go wrong with this tactic. Oops almost forgot! High wind days do not mean deer are not moving there just not moving without great cover so keep that in mind too. Every day is a good day to hunt!