This might get long winded but I have some questions about some new land I have gotten permission to hunt this year. It is 320 acres total of low river bottom land. The biggest river in this corner of the state borders right around it. There is maybe 40-50 acres of timber that is not very thick because cows are in it off and on. The trees are huge and I started finding a few white oaks with not to many acorns on them yet and a bunch of red oaks that are loaded with acorns. There is probably 60 acres of hay fields and the other 200 acres are bean fields that have tree lines running between most of them. As of right now we have seen no deer on it yet in the past 3 weeks and just a few tracks. With all this food sources for them wouldn't there have to be deer coming in as the beans are getting ready to eat and when all the acorns start dropping? This will be the first time we have tried to hunt something this open without lots of thick timber or brushy areas. Don't the deer have summer ranges and then sometimes switch in the fall or winter? There are some huge corn fields about a half mile from this spot and the corn is over 6 ft. tall this year. I am wondering if they might be in the corn right now then as it is harvested and the beans get ready start coming back our way.
Sorry so long winded I just wondered what other people might think about this property and our chances. I have aerial photos but I don't know how to get them on here. Any advice or opinions would be appreciated.