I edited the photo with a scale. I would say we are looking at about 150acres of the area that I described. Most of the area was probably logged out 20 years ago. So in the dark areas there are now some mature timber. The orchard has been non-active for 5years now. They do not bush hog it. It is starting to get over grown.

Race,

You are correct, that dark area North of the orchard are Oaks, they are sitting up on a ledge. I am looking on finding a topo to post.

As for the creek that runs west of the pear orchard. It is usually dried up. When they logged 20years ago, it kinda followed the skidder path.

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Here is a topo of the area. If someone knows how to punch in the coordinates and get a better map...feel free.

How could you posibly tell by looking at picture?Sorry I can t imagine how anyone could even say a thing without spending a week walking around any given spot thats just a basic understanding.But maybe some ppl on here are better at looking at charts and maps then me only 30 years navagating a 200 ton fishing vessel all over the east coast but what do i know. Place your stand along rub lines between where they bed and where they feed look for vegation edges ridges bottle necks of cover.

In the morning I would hunt the Oaks north of the Orchard and I'd concentrate from the middle to the southernmost part on the western edge.
In the afternoon I would switch to the area of the southeast corner of the apple orchard or the dry creekbed close to where the road crosses on the south west end of the Pear orchard left of the house 150 yards and 75-100 yards from the road.
Other than that I might check out the dry creekbed or logging road. It also looks like there is a field southeast of the orchard, what is that field all about?

Thats why I posted it on here. I am learning to read topos and aerial maps to find good deer locations. Someof the guys on here have a keen eye for it.

By the way can anyone recommend a good book on how to read topos related to deer hunting?

http://www.amazon.com/Mapping-Trophy-Bucks-Brad-Herndon/dp/0873495039

Thanks Double Creek.

I'll check it out.

You can't always look at a map and know immediately where to set up. One factor to remember is that deer are slaves to their stomach, the bucks will be gourging going into fall and have to eat. If you have Apples and Pears and Oaks dropping acorns then you got some great food sources on the 150 acres. You also have what looks like agriculture fields in that 150 acres. You have a turnpike which many could see as a drawback but in reality if you have an area running under it you could have a funnel, but didn't see that in the mapping. You also have water sources West of the area across the road from the Oak Trees and a major water source to the South of the Apple and Pear Orchard.
I have always had my best luck in the mornings in areas of higher elevations and found lower elevations to be better later in the day, seems to be the effect of thermals. I would walk every acre of the property and look for sheds and bedding areas and start following the trails. My experience is to be careful with rubs unless you find them in areas with multiple trails converging as I rarely see deer on rubs in daylight where I hunt unless they are on major travel corridors. A few cameras wouldn't hurt if you can afford them.

Good points but where I hunt there are no farms or feilds acorns and tea berry leaaves are main stay rubs are my only indaction of travel I can usualy get a pretty goodidea of travel most rubs closer to bedding I think my hunnting is very different than most on here mostly very think scrub oak bowls boardered by pines some stands i have to crawl a 100 yrds in places i have hunted penn and ny and was amazed at open was and still saw deer