I used to hunt Public Wildlife Management Areas here in Louisiana. And when you use the word preasure wow......opening day 2000 + hunters
working a 20,000 acre plot. Thats thick! But after I learned the property
I discovered that most of the hunters were "Green Horns" or just "Road Hunters". You know the kind that just parks on the road and walks in about fifty to a hundred yards and sits down to watch for deer. You can't put any overnight stands. I learned how to use this in my favor.

You need to find the areas that are secluded from the hundred yard rule. Topo maps or satalite imaging is best to find these little pockets that will hold deer without the preasure of hunters walking by to get them.

Your job is to get in early, well before the regular crowd and sneek into these pockets. Then as the morning starts coming, the other hunters start walking into the woods in masses and push the deer to your secret pockets or hiding spots.

I harvested the third place deer for the year using this tactic. Here's a pic.


It works but you have to do your homework on the area.
Eric Stacy AKA DeerDope