RE: New access to neighbors patch - Aerial and Topo - How to hunt?
 

Ok, I got home and have another observation. The dark line connecting the two fields by your yellow dot looks like a road between the 2 fields. I have found old roads in the woods to be well used travel routes and a good place to find rubs and scrapes. The bucks may use it to travel between the 2 fields to check for does during the rut. If there is a ridge that crosses that road that will make it even better. The deer will use the ridge to access the road in the woods. I would check that area for sign and set up stands accordingly.

RE: New access to neighbors patch - Aerial and Topo - How to hunt?
 

I would look at all the corners in that field to the left of the apple trees.

RE: New access to neighbors patch - Aerial and Topo - How to hunt?
 

I would definitely investigate that breakline that is North of your yellow dot. I like how it feedsbetween the two water sources and between the two groups of apples in one direction (ENE)and in the other direction (WNW)it feedsto what might be thicker cover(maybe bedding or mid day transition).Additionally, where it peters out, (on the WNWend) itruns prettyclose to the back inside corner of that apple orchard/clearing that's just North of it??

Or it could be nothing. Good luck!!


Some of those areas are near property lines so that might be a consideration.