With a little more sleuthing, the same thing can be accomplished after a substantial rain. Let's assume that you've identified an active bedding area and you're down to the last day or two of your hunt. Every bedding situation is different. I can't tell you with absolute certainty which tactic will work best for you, but I can share my experience with four that have worked for me. The Ambush Taking a stand in a buck's bedroom and waiting him out takes a full-day commitment to one stand, which is more patience than most hunters can muster.
Many hunters talk about sitting in a stand from dark to dark, but few actually pull it off.
In the most likely scenario, you'll catch a bedroom buck sneaking home in the pink light of dawn. But if you don't see him it doesn't necessarily mean he didn't return. In my experience, the latter is usually the answer. With one day left on a bowhunt in western Illinois, I waited until dark and slipped into a non-typical's bedroom when I was sure he was off on his nighttime prowl. I hung my stand high on the trunk of a towering cottonwood.