Let M (n, ξ) be the moduli space of stable vector bundles of rank n ≥ 3 and fixed determinant ξ over a complex smooth projective algebraic curve X of genus g ≥ 4. We use the gonality of the curve and r-Hecke morphisms to describe a smooth open set of an irreducible component of the Hilbert scheme of M (n, ξ), and to compute its dimension. We prove similar results for the scheme of morphisms M or P (G, M (n, ξ)) and the moduli space of stable bundles over X × G, where G is the Grassmannian G(n − r, C n ). Moreover, we give sufficient conditions for M or 2ns (P 1 , M (n, ξ)) to be non-empty, when s ≥ 1.