But hunting successfully requires a combination of strategies. All whitetail hunters quickly learn that when the rut goes on, the deer go mad.
Bucks lose their caution searching for does.
They move more, and considerably more in daylight, than is usual. They chase does into new and unfamiliar territory. Fueled by the need to breed, they take chances. At the peak of the rut, buck sign goes stale. When the does are willing, the bucks have something better to do than rub their foreheads against trees and paw out scrapes.