Not really the same situation as you but I got access to 10 acres about a month ago and its' about 10 minutes from my house. I went in there the day I got access and walked for about 15 minutes and found some good sign. Found a spot to put my stand, cleared some shooting lanes and made sure everything was in order and put up my stand. Went back there last Wednesday and sat for an hour and killed my first buck with a bow and saw 2 other bucks. My feeling is unless your hunting some place where you can stand back and watch deer 400 yards away without being detected your best bet is to find a spot that looks good (trail crossings or ridges and the like)go there once and get everything in order and then back out until you hunt the place. I'm sure other's have different opinions but this is what I've done the last two years and I've shot deer at both place's I hunt.