farm hunter,
Thanks for the welcome, and your thoughts. Your idea of a fall plot interests me, as the landing has a growth of underbrush that will take a number of weekends to clear away. The landing is roughly oval in shape, and seems to get a pretty good dose of sun daily. For some reason the long gone loggers, left a small stand of trees right near the center that creates a little island. Talk about good ambush point! I can't wait for spring! Though the black flies up there probably can't wait for me to arive either.