I'm in the same boat as you Journeyman. I just got on a new lease in East TX. As with most of this area it is paper company land so we have pines in various stages, from cut over areas to old trees. All of the things you mention doing are exactlly what I am doing. One thing we are doing as a group is mowing (brush hogging) as many of the old logging roads and around the clearing areas as possible. This is to open up more edge area as well as allow new food to shoot up. As I am the only member looking to bowhunt I am also paying a lot of attention to the bottoms, drainage areas as this is where I am finding the only oaks on the property. We are going up this weekend to mow some more and to start trying to find spots to place our stands. Time is running short and there is still a lot to do.