I am a MN hunter also, but in different type of country, I hunt in the Central farmland area. After rifly hunting deer wise up. I think they take residence in swamps and clearcuts and move at night. with no snow yet there is a quite a bit food availiable in the woods they don't need to move far. I used to hunt in similar country I would hit plases that you would least expect, groves, rock piles, small cattail swamps, little areas. I have seen some nice deer get up from weird places, after rifle season. hope this gives you some ideas.