I have 25 acres that I just started deer hunting this year. It is REAL thick woods with the longest shot possible being 25 yards at the most. It was logged about 10 years ago and the property is full of thumb to wrist sized trees. It makes it to where you cant see or shoot. I found, just this season, one scrape the size of 3 basketballs, 5 rubs on trees wrist size or smaller and 3 rubs on trees that are a lot bigger.

I have jumped up many does and one buck that was a small 6 pointer. I feel there is a larger buck running the thickest part of the property in the back of my property.

I have decided to set up my ladder stand near the scrapes and rubs (all within 40 yards) except the larger ones that are about 100 yards away. Tomorrow I am taking a chainsaw and clearing 4 shooting lanes from the stand that are 20 feet wide and 100 yards long. They will be north east south and west from the stand. They are all in line with the sign I have found.

Will this run the deer off? I also plan to plant the "no sew deer seed that has clover, corn, and feskew (also for turkey hunting), and some mature apple trees in these lanes I am clearing. This should help next fall.

Will it kill the rest of my deer season? I know most say do it in the spring, but I will not go out there this spring and do it because I have ran across copperheads 4 out of 4 times I have went out in warmer weather.