If your family owns some decent land I would scout it well over the next few months and try to put up....stands in a couple spots that have good trails and sign.
This.
Knowing what the deer are doing is better than anything else.
I'll expand:
1.) Walk every fence line and deer trail on the property. Look for places where deer cross fences, creeks, get blocked by obstructions, etc. The really good thing to find is something that funnels deer into a certain point: things that create bottlenecks and pinch points. The deer have to go by there and downwind of them is where you want to be set up. Another good thing is if you can find two large blocks of woods connected by a narrow strip. The deer will use that strip of cover to travel between the two. Again, you'll want to be downwind.
2.) Find food sources and bedding areas. Generally speaking, deer tend to bed high and eat low. Here in Kansas, that often means they'll be eating in cropland in the creek bottoms at night and moving higher into adjacent woody hillsides to bed in the day. Find those food and bedding areas and the trails that connect them.
You'll want to be set up down wind, anticipating where the deer will be traveling. In the morning, you'll want to be closer to the bedding area, in the evening closer to the food. Don't go where the deer are, because you'll spook them. Go where they will be and set up an ambush.
Also, keep in mind that you'll need to consider varying winds and time of day. Think ahead of time about how you'll get to a stand. A stand that's dynamite in the evening might not be so good in the morning because getting to it means stumbling through the woods at night or walking right through the deer. With wind, it might mean that when it's coming from a certain direction, the stand will be useless as it blows your scent to a deer.
3.) Look at some aerial photos and drive around the area. Look at what the farmers are planting. You'll be amazed at what is revealed by seeing an overhead photo. If you can't scout, this will tell you a lot, though it's a never a substitute for boots on the ground.
4.) Try to figure out what other hunters might be doing (that might be your buddies). Hunters moving through the woods tend to push deer. Use that to your advantage.