RE: Who hunts big pines?
I have and do but not because they're pines. I've found numerous places over the years where some pattern took it through the pines. It could be mushrooms growing, a trail that cuts through a pine head, volunteer pines creating a hideout etc etc etc. I've shot some nice deer in pine heads or on the edge created by them. They'll be feeding in that cut over area as browse grows. Usually the 2nd or 3rd year is great until it grows too thick and then it becomes a bedding area. Walk the edges and you'll see where they like to enter and leave. It can be a high spot or a low spot, it all depends on the lay of the land. BUT, that cut over will become a major food source.