Thank you all for your advice. I have to be very careful with this area, as it is very enclosed and easy to spook the deer. It is bordered by a road to the west, a pond to the south, and a hardwood ridge to the north. The thicket runs from the road back to the east. The deer use the area for bedding and traveling; it is basically a pine thicket where the pines have matured. I am afraid of "contaminating" the area. I already have stands on the hardwood ridge, and others hunt a clear cut along the road. Nobody hunts in the thicket at all but me. I usually access the area using an old road along the pond. Others have warned me to not try and hunt the area as I will end up spooking the deer off.