I'll throw in a few more...Hunt the white oaks closest to the bedding area (in NC thats cutovers and swamps)...One of my favorite stands is a white oak flat that is between two cutovers...

Also...we have expansive swamps in eastern NC....I have a couple of areas where the deer cross beaver dams to bed in the nastiest part of these swamps...Its a natural funnel...Islands in these swamps can also be good...One of ours happens to have white oaks and beech trees on the island...its a deer magnet...

Know your oaks...the areas that I hunt in NC have white oaks, chestnut oaks, pin oaks, sawtooth oaks and red oaks...Also know which ones the deer prefer and when each drop....

I also love to hunt soybean fields...from the spring until the beans are cut the deer will hammer them...They prefer standing beans to cut corn...I hunt them in the mornings as well as evenings...Last year I counted 8 different deer in one of our fields during one morning hunt...I took one home with me...

When hunting fields especially....Learn how to take a rest...Any good rifleman knows that he shoots better with a rest...Make sure its padded, or at least have your hand between the stock of the rifle and the rest....

Finally....Few deer hunters know that deer love beech nuts...When you have a year with a small oak drop especially....Beech trees love water...You can find them near swamps and creeks....I have another area that is a beech ridge between a swamp and a cutover...I had 5 bucks parade past me last year on the opening day of muzzleloading...All within 25 yards...A .54 caliber ball to the neck of one dropped him in his tracks...