Golden Stag

[Venn]

I haven't got the Golden Stag yet and I feel like I haven't even seen it yet. I keep doing island and knock everything down except Palm Trees and still no sighting.
I realize that maybe I should have brought my palm trees to up the chances, but I keep scaring away bugs that are not the Golden Stag. Should I try to get a specific island that could help? Is there anything else I can do to help before the bug leaves?

 

[Snowifer]

When I'm farming beetles, I like to use bamboo island and bring in 2 extra palm trees. Otherwise, it's like setting up for tarantulas except for not cutting down the trees. It's rare, so keep it up! It'll show up eventually!

 

[Sharksheep]

Bamboo island is the second to best one. There is a tree only island that only spawn beetles but it's only 1% of you finding it like shark island.

 

[Coco63]

I haven't got the Golden Stag yet and I feel like I haven't even seen it yet. I keep doing island and knock everything down except Palm Trees and still no sighting.
I realize that maybe I should have brought my palm trees to up the chances, but I keep scaring away bugs that are not the Golden Stag. Should I try to get a specific island that could help? Is there anything else I can do to help before the bug leaves?

I have this same issue with the giraffe stag! I swear I’ve never seen it spawn and I’ve spent hours on mystery islands chopping everything down and running around trying to make it spawn
For golden stag, I never can really tell it apart from rainbow stag, so I catch it even if I think it’s a rainbow stag. It even kind of can look like a drone beetle if there’s too much shadow.

 

[Debeers]

I got it on my own island. We planted a lot of palm trees since July. But it is very rare, keep looking, you will eventually get one!

 

[yuckyrat]

I've never seen one! It's the only available bug I'm missing besides the giant stag, and no matter how many mystery islands I dredge and fill with palms, not one has popped up. Best of luck, though! I believe in you!

 

[SmrtLilCookie]

I had the same problem for ages, so I went to a mystery island and tore it apart. I also brought 9 extra palm trees with me, basically saturating the beaches. It probably took 2 hours to get one Golden Stag, two Hercules Stags, and one Giraffe Stag (the last few July bugs I was missing). You can do this!

 

[Venn]

Update: Got the Golden Stag on Monday Night. I actually got the Giraffe Stag as well, which I didn't know I needed as well. Definitely bring more palm trees and at least 2 hours of patience.