well, I'm certainly interested in the advice you'll receive, been asking myself the same for years now!
Me, I prefer the thick stuff but generally succumb to curiosity and set up near the edges where I can at least get a glimpse of the fields.
Generally if I'm in the thick the deer are mid-field,midday; if I'm overlooking the fields invariably someone I know hung a tag up in the thick pines!!
Is it a field or more of a marsh?
Are you in a treestand?