Pros & Cons of YOUR hunting area
List them out, what do you like about your main spot, what do you NOT like about it
(feel free to list out all your spots if you like)
Main hunting area
Pros
Good bedding area
Usually low bow season hunting pressure
Lots of deer
Generally able to get up a tree anywhere I need to.
Usually a decent acorn crop
Cons
Entire property is either field or bedding area, very little “transition” type.
No close agriculture and there are other good bedding areas closer to the food
The oaks are in, or very close to the bedding areas
Lots of non-hunting pressure year round (quads, firewood cutting, random trespassers, kids partying, trash dumping)
Extreme gun season and late season hunting pressure
Access is tricky, unless you hunt 50 yds from the road, odds are you have to walk past deer to hunt the rest of the property.
Best hunted in a north, northeast wind. Prevailing wind is south, SW & west.