There's a cornfield that's an active food source. Right next to it is pine thickets. Within the pines there are various grassy areas where there are definite and fresh signs of deer bedding down. In one of these grassy areas I found about a dozen spots of flattened grass. Note that I've found bedding 20 yards from the cornfield as well as 100 and 200 yards from the cornfield.

The deer are undoubtedly there... problem is... since the food source and bedding area are right next to eachother, I can't get in or out without giving away my location. When I go to my tree in the morning I scare them away and see nothing all morning. Same with the afternoon.

I believe my only shot is to go in in the morning, of course scaring them up, then waiting all day for them to feel comfortable enough to return. What do you guys think?