Hey rotorhead, we have the same problem where I hunt. We are hunting the woods edge along a big soybean field. We cannot access our stands from the woods side, so we have to walk through the soybean field to get to our stands. That of course spooks the deer out of the fields before we even get in our stands. Basically we just hunt the evenings and get the deer as they are coming out into the fields to eat. I have seen deer coming out into the fields as early as 3:00pm, but most show up about an hour or so before dark.