Ah, around here the majority of deer hunting is on hunting leases with limited number of members on timber land (there are waiting lists to join these leases, and often it is about who you know that is already on the lease when an opening comes up). Until about 25-30 years ago the majority of the timber land was open to anyone to hunt on, then the timber companies realized people will pay lots of money to hunt on their land (I suspect liability laws had something to do with it too), the timber is all pine on a 25-30 year crop rotation, usually thinned out at 10-15 years after planting, so the lease members often erect fairly substantial stands, clear sight lines with tractors, etc. It is not uncommon for a single hunter to have 5 or 6 prepostioned stands on a given thousand plus acre lease, they even built substantial camp sites with permanent buildings on the lease land. I am thankful that I don't have to worry about all that, and don't have to worry about some idiot in the woods with a gun on the public land options either. Instead I have the family cattle ranch, which is just under 400 acres, about 40 acres wooded along a creek that runs through the middle and with timber land on most of 3 sides. It may not have as many deer as some of the more remote wooded timber land areas, but only a handful of people are allowed to hunt on it so it works out, and I am not that serious of hunter anyway, unlike some people.
Ike
That bites big time.
Hubby with our dog Pickle, and my MIL's Great Dane, Bruce. 
