New hunting lease questions

[tpepper70]

I just got permission to hunt deer on this place. I've been hunting hogs on it since March and have had pretty good luck. It has a dry creek that runs thru the west side, north to south. Other side of the creek is toll road 130. The other 3 sides, neighbors, are all pretty wooded with no houses. The place is mostly raw land with the stock tank you see and one road to it from the gate entrance. This pic is top, north, bottom, south. The hogs have come from the south to the tank,feeder, with very few deer on the game cam. We've seen lots of deer sign further south and north along the creek, and east. I'm thinking of putting 4 bow stands up mainly in the heavily wooded areas, with 1 rifle stand up in the highest section of land, east of the tank with feeders at each. It's only 150 acres, but only 2 of us will be hunting it. What do y'all think? Too many stands? My thinking is so I don't over hunt each stand.

[AlaskaFlyerFan]

Too many stands? No. That gives you some options and you can hunt the wind.

[tpepper70]

Kind of what I was thinking. Place is really nice and the price is right so I'm gonna give it a hard shot and do some serious scouting this weekend. Thanks

[Slick8]

Too many stands? No. That gives you some options and you can hunt the wind.

Bingo, never too many stand choices to hunt. If you mostly bow hunt the more the better so that you don't burn one spot out.

Good luck and congrats on the spot.

[tpepper70]

Thanks slick. Got the place from a man at church. He's been letting me thin the Hogs out. I asked him today if I could lease it. He said, "help me keep an eye on the 10 head of cattle, the water and fences, and take the pastor hunting, and you can shoot all the deer you want." So, can't beat basically a free place to hunt.

[DUKFVR]

CONGRATS & Hope you have a Great season hunting!!

[tpepper70]

Thanks Duk. My oldest son has been all over the place and said there's deer sign everywhere. Gonna look it over real good this weekend and set up some stands and feeders. I'm pretty excited. It's nice to have a place to hunt deer within 30 minutes of your house.

[tpepper70]

Alright folks. Set up 3 feeders and stands. Rain keeps me out of there because it floods and I can't get in so I haven't been out there as much as I'd like. My son went out there today to fill the feeders and saw a real nice 9pt buck with about an 18" spread and a nice little 6pt plus deer and hog sign everywhere. This is great news. Gonna start hunting hard this weekend and hopefully put one in the freezer. All 3 stands have a max shot of less than 30yrds due to the thick brush. Set up on trails in small clearings. Thanks for all the advice.

[wow]

Not the number of stands its the number of hunters at one time that hurts.
Its good to have a place close to home/

[DUKFVR]

Sounds Good! Hope you have a Great time!

[tpepper70]

Put a game cam up a while back. Here's a few pics. This place has potential. I think these are the 2 bucks my son saw the other day. I'll take that biggest one if he gives me a shot. He's got some long tines.