RE: Need some help on hunting a new property
There is no substitute for knowing the lay of the land and how deer use and travel in it. This takes a lot of walking and observing. To just drop into an area set up a stand and take a deer would be very lucky. Start scouting for next year now. Look and learn from the sign you see. Find out where the deer bed ,feed and their routes to and from, in all weather conditions and wind directions. 100 acres is not a lot of property to scout , spend a day going over it then you will have a start where to go. Small things can mke all the difference. I have a stand that is at the transition from hardwoods to cedar swamp, there is also a slight ridge line there. The boys out west would laugh at what I call a ridge. The change in elevation is only about 4 feet , but the deer funnel along this slight ridge. If you move 50 yds into the cedar or into the hardwoods you woun't see a track.