Walkabouts during the season can definitly put down the deer. On the wi fall turkey we pounded the woods , That evening not surprisingly I saw 0 deer, in an area I usually see many! But when the farmer takes the ATV and runs his dogs the deer return to theur normal patterns. They are used to the intrusion and he keeps to the trails. I like to have my stands hung by Aug. I do need to trim shooting lanes at this time since the area is very brushy with a combination of mature oaks and scrub oaks and a lot of dense cedars. Most places you can't see more than 20yds in any given direction. From the ground it looks like tunnels thru the cedars and if you get more than 15ft up an oak you can hardly see the ground. I try to use trees on the main trails where the smaller game trails intersect.