Bowfanatic, thanks for the recommendation on mowing and plowing the fields to help promote growth. It's funny you mentioned that because after 3 years of not being touched I thought the overgrowth would be farther along than it is. I still basically have just tall grass, very few saplings or briars starting to fill in yet. I think I will try that but my 4-wheeler and little 48" disc will get a workout trying to do all 9 acres, LOL.

Thanks dkeener, it has always been a dream of mine to own my own hunting property. Like I said above, it is not huge but it is mine and it's nice to have it right out my back door. I hunt an awesome farm with 600 plus acres in Southern Ohio but the problem is that it is 2 1/2 hours away. The southern property will always be my best chance for a mature deer because it is located in hill country and where there are 1,000's of acres of continuous woodland. I plan to always take a week of vacation to hunt the southern property during the rut but I can hunt my place every day after work if I wanted. Can't do that when the other is so far away.