very tough situation im all too familiar with....hard to hunt sometimes....

look for funnels...hunt the transitional edges of thicket/hard woods...setting up in the middle of an oak stand might get you seeing deer, but often too far for the bowhunter. gotta find where the stnad gotta go, which can be tough...alot of my areas like that are in saddles and close to the edge of where the thicket meets the hardwoods...find deer coming out somewhat around me and using the saddles to travel...even small saddles...

but you gotta becareful with entry, wind, noise etc being close to that thick edge...if in doubt, stay farther away from it....i just find thats usually where i need to be...if i cant catch the deer coming out of the thicket, i find often times that they travle the edge of it...