Lottery Won!

[danimal_f]

Hello All,

I just found out I was drawn for a conservancy lottery hunt. I have access the whole month of November. I've never been on this property, but have glassed the field to the east. Deer poor out of the property I have access to on a nightly basis. From the road it appears to be a mature pine forest. The deer numbers are very high in this area, so access will be important to not blow the area out. Can anyone offer up suggestions on where to start, and how to tackle this property?

Also I can't figure out how to paste the aerial photo in this post, so I'm adding it as an attachment.

Thanks for the responses.

[muddy]

Are you the only one hunting the section/area?

[Zephyrus]

Congratulations!

Is this flat land?

[danimal_f]

Are you the only one hunting the section/area?

This property is split up into 6 different sections. I'm the only person with access to section 3 in November. There's a similar setup for October and December, so there will be a person hunting section three in October.

[danimal_f]

Congratulations!

Is this flat land?

Yes, this whole property is flat.

[danimal_f]

Here is a screenshot from ONx with the topo lines.

[Zephyrus]

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Full disclosure - I've never shot a buck in my life, and posting this hoping to get some critique of my thought process...

I'd come in in the low area southeast corner. Assuming west wind, I'd expect somewhere in the vicinity of my dots (randomly dotted a suspect area) to be best bedding due to deers ability to watch open land. Maybe set up at end of my walking path (white line). Worst case, you see nothing, but hopefully get a better visual of terrain...