I just got back from my woods, I think best in the woods, seen some deer.
I know they are rare some places.
While I was walking I was thinking about grouse hunting, and the miles I drive to find good bird cover.On state land you will walk alot of miles to find any bird cover.If you take that logic to deer hunting ,how many of you are hunting the same places your fathers took you when you were a kid,to camps ,farms or just behind your house.If you don't own the land, talk to the people that do, not everyone understands how useless a stand of soft maple is. If they hunt deer give them some help ,if their hunting is better yours will be too. If they burn wood help them cut it.make brush piles with the tops.Find the old apple trees & cut the trees shading them. a bag of 10-10-10 fertilizer will do wonders.It works the same as hunting a good grouse covert.All the birds are in a small area & so are the deer .You can make that place you hunt the one the deer like too. We are all going to live with fewer deer to hunt so why not make your place the best to hunt.