I am admittedly, the random setup guy. I have learned the patterns of most farms I hunt by now that I know where to setup anyway, but I started out just finding a scrape, rub, crossing, trail and hanging/hoping.

Nowadays, I dont even set foot on a property without checking the aerials first. Im not even that good at reading them, but at the least, they give you a basic understanding of how the farm lays before you tromp off into it.

I really wish I had large enough tracts of land that I could study topos and find the right terrain to hunt, most of my farms dont vary in terrain, and are relatively small....this leaves just patterning the deer as the only method really.