All your research work should be done before opening day,sometimes its not possible I ran into the same problem this year,I got permission to hunt some new property late.What my plan was, to hunt the property with careful patience until the first snow fall then go out and track those deer highways and get a better idea of where their coming from and going to. I dont like to stumble on to their beds at anytime but sometimes ya gotta do what ya gotta do,with snow on the ground their is no mistake where their bedding. fortunately for me given the layout of the land it wasnt to hard to figure them out.I hope this helps,and welcome to the site Im new here too and have found a ton of useful info,their are alot of people on this site that forgot more than Ill ever know. PS. IF you live in florida please disregard the snow method.Please update your profile and tell us where your from. (that was for you BB ):lol: