RE: small land
I have 9 acres, 6 of which is either house, yard or pasture. The remaining 3 acres are wooded, and sit between dense cedar area (bedding), a corn field and a bean field. There are 3 trees (maybe 4) suitable for a tree stand, and I and my nieghbors tried them all. I took one buck, and my nieghbors kid arrowed another but it was a bad shot and lost the deer.
It is great to step out the back door, walk 400 yards, and get up in a tree.
We have decent public hunting land nearby, that I took one doe off of this year.