cannot for the life of me find a golden stag on my island— any tips for getting them to spawn?

For the rare palm tree bugs, I took extra palm trees to a Nook Miles Ticket island, chopped down everything else, and then ran around catching or scaring off any bugs I didn't want. Just make sure you land during the correct spawn hours for what you want since mystery islands are locked to whatever time you arrive

So, the Golden Stag appears between 5pm and 8am, July and August only, on palm trees only and also has the requirement of "catch 100 bugs total". Make sure that you've caught 100 bugs and then they should start showing up. (Taken from Nookipedia: https://nookipedia.com/wiki/Golden\_stag)

The first comment on this post about removing all trees on a nook mile island is a brilliant one, just make sure to travel there after 5pm because the time is locked.

Edited to fix the time that the Golden Stag appears. Thank you tarenni!!

The other night, I (my character) was walking down the sidewalk next to these 4 trees (hardwoods). It was dark and there was a bug on the back most tree in the shadows. I couldn't see it, but I knew something was there. I situated my character in position, with net up, to possibly swipe from the side of the tree and let the net go. I caught it! It was golden stag!!!! That was pretty surprising!! I thought they only spawned on palm trees!!

I covered an area of my island in sand and planted lots of additional palm trees. It's near resident services, so I can keep going in and out until the bugs I want spawn.