My farm is around 100 acres bordered by 3 other pieces totaling close to 4000 acres or more. I don't consider that piece urban even though there are a few houses nearby. The area I hunt that I consider "urban" consists of some small pieces from 3 to 17 acres that are side by side by side. Most of these pieces are the backs ofneighbors yards and some old fire lanes/power line right of ways. This area is near several neighborhoods, roads, traffic, people, etc. It does back up to another piece of woods but that piece is also divided and bordered by the things I mentioned above. So even though there are a couple of 100 acres(or more) for the deer to move through, their movement is predictable due to the landscape and the fact that yards, roads, and otherhuman interferences create lots of man-made bottlenecks, pinch points, and other areas that make it easy to predict how a deer may travel.

So I guess what I consider urban areas are areas that are more city than country, where human interaction has a higher than normal levelofimpact on the deer and their movements(i.e. a yard light, barking pet, kids playing, people walking, high school band/track practice, or a new neighborhood thathas just cut up 300 acres of prime hunting land).

Thats just my take on it. Iguess I justfeel like the deer for the most part are a little more patternable (is that a word?) on the smaller pieces because they have less optionsand even though they could technically bail out of there if they wanted and change up their patterns a littlethe fact that they are creatures of habit and the lack of optionskind of handicaps them.Even if they don't know it, I know they will be back or I know where they probably went. GMMAT I don't think of you as less of a hunter for taking advantage of your situation, I do the exact same thing but I also knowthatwhat I do theredoesn't necessarily applyto other areas I hunt.But that can be said about lots of hunting, I don't hunt a corn field the same way I hunta swamp or a thickcreek bottom the same way I hunt an oak flat etc. etc etc.I doknow one thing, in those small areas I usually get to see a lot of deer and the more deer you get to watch the more you can learn from them as far associal behavior,body language, and things of that nature. And that is pretty valuable info that can be applied to lots of different areas and styles of hunting. Sorry, a little long winded.