This is a story I heard up in northern WI. A rube from IL came into the bar the night before opening deer season and asked if anyone would give him some directions to a good place to hunt. Well the first guy at the bar suggested he head out to the highway and find one of the big yellow signs showing a buck jumping over the highway, head back into the woods and find a stump to sit on and wait. The rest of the bar.sat there listening and then chimed in either telling the guy that was.pretty good info or chiding the fellow bar mate for giving away the secret place.
The next night the rube from IL came back to the bar and everyone cringed at the thought of the tongue lashing they were going to get for the prank they pulled. Surprisingly the guy bought the bar a round of beers and thanked them for putting him on the biggest buck of his life.
It is plausible, the bar is next door to my sister's house, used to serve a great fish fry.