Well I went out this afternoon after work to the public land I hunt and prepped one more tree for my climber before season opens Oct. 1st. I have several of my favorite areas that I hunt every year and then I also like to try some areas I'm not as familiar with. I picked the area I went to today because it shouldn't be alot of work to get a deer out. So this will be my doe stand. The other ''old reliable'' areas are deep in the woods and require alot of time and effort to remove a deer. Time and effort I don't mind using on a big buck. All the places I hunt are near doe bedding areas so when the rut kicks in the bigger bucks start showing up and this new area shouldn't be any different.I've been hunting this public land for 13 years now and even though I've had the opprotunity to hunt some private land I always end up back on the public ground. There are hiking trails and horse trails on the land but I just always see more deer there than anywhere else I've tried. Anyway I sure am looking forward to Oct 1st and it won't be long now.