Even if you were able to hunt someone elses (HNIer) spot, could you really expect the same results? Why or why not!
I might belucky/good enoughand kill as good a deer on someone elses spot.
One of my favorite things in hunting is figuring out new pieces of property, and to be honest it takes a couple of seasons for me to really lock it in. Mainly because I'm still hunting properties I already know well.
If you were to say ok you get five days to hunt this property. I would proably scout two and hunt three.
If I was only able to step on the land from the first day of the season I scout for at least a week,after going over topo's and ariel photo's.
If I could start scouting now for a fall hunt I'd say my chances would be greatly increased of competeing with the person on their own spot.