ORIGINAL: kry226
Radio collar studies have shown that highly pressured deer don't go very far from their "home." I would hunt the hunters. Hunt the midday when most hunters are eating lunch. Works for me as all I hunt is public land (in the military).
Good luck.
Bingo .
Before the season begins do aerial studies on a sat site like TerraServer or other to figure out where the bulk of the hunters will enter and leave a property and then get in well before they do . They'll drive the deer right past you . Walk all of the trails you can and observe where they bed and feed , remember that it can change as the food sources dry up later on . The most used trails in general are "meat trails" , the tiny hard to see trails that parallel them are "head trails" left by larger bucks . Once the rut kicks in just getting ahead of the crowd and waiting near any trail or waterhole will do , once it's over concentrate on food sources .