RE: Where to put the stand?
I would look for white oak acorns and buck sign, like hookings and scrapes, if that thick area is bordering the creek bottom you might be able to find a buck travel route, if you could get lucky enough to be able to set a stand covering acorns(food source), buck sign, and still see the thicker area for bucks traveling through, that would be a good start! Even better would be if you could tell where they are laying up at, like hookings coming out of a cutover or thicket, but with only 33 acres to work with I don't know......Is there a bedding thicket nearby? I live in Louisiana, so our terrain is probably somewhat similar, hope I was able to help a little bit.