RE: SW Minnesota managment ?
I don'y know if you're allowed to do it but a suggestion that I was given for swamp hunting might help. If you can position a stand in a location where you know thare are fairly well used runs you could cut open strips with a bushhog from the stand through these runs. The deer will tend to stop at the edge of the openings and check the cut swaths out before they cross. That gives you a short period to set up for them to cross the open lanes. The open lanes give you a clear shot.
Dan O.