ok i took my brothers girlfriends brother fishing. A dnr guy was doing fish checks for size and health. He told me to go check out a local strip pit said it is good for bank fishing.
When we got there i noticed a clearing with trees spotted through it and around the water. Well he came down to the strip pit and we got talking he said he would see two does everyday and a buck every so often he said the does where the biggest he had ever seen.
Thing is there one of two ways to get there. By boat which i have or by walking through 1 mile of swamp and hills.

I thought i could dropp the boat in and go scout it out or just set up my pop up and hunt it.

With it being sept. season started oct 1st. should i go in scout it all out and go into the woods and everything
or since it is so close to season just set up on the field in the pop up and hope they come out there