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Ben, welcome to the forum, and I look forward to your land tour.

For some reason, the only picture I can see is the first one you posted. This looks similar to what happened to me when I started using Google Photos. I switched to Imgur and the problem cleared up. Some folks also use Tapatalk and it works great too.

Edit: I can see the pics just fine on the other forum but not on this one.
 
Welcome to the forum! If your predominant winds are out of the west, you'll need to focus on access, and probably ambushing deer crossing into your property on their way to food. I'd do whatever you can to get in the good graces of the property owner to the east. I look forward to following your journey.
 
I can see the pictures good now Ben. I love the lay of the land in your area of the county, and looks like you have a lot of good help for habitat building. Looking forward to tagging along in your thread.
 
Looks awesome Ben! Beautiful country, if I ever get exiled from Arkansas I'm pulling a Geo and move to the bluegrass state.

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Great place you have. And great to have the family involved. Good luck with your endeavors, but watch that Native guy. Pretty sure he feeds his deer cocaine, which is prob legal in Kentuk.
 
Welcome to the forum and congrats on the new property! I think I may have driven right by it on my way back from Nashville last night.

Looking forward to following along.
 
Looks like a great place with a large variety of habitat features! Access is going to be crucial to get into some of the more interior stand locations but you could turn that place into a honey hole. Following Native's setup would be a great start!
 
Good looking layout. Just a thought, but from experience, you can spread your deer out too much but adding too many plots. 5 plots on your 43 acres could have your whole herd spread out in 5 different locations in the afternoon while you’re on stand.

I would suggest maybe thinking of having one or two large destination plots in the center or the property that can be hunted with little disturbance from you.

Just a thought
 
I like the access trail up the edge of the Parkway for multiple reasons. I especially like it for the prevailing Southwest / West wind in the area. As far as plots, I would avoid any locations that can be seen from the highway or a neighboring property.
 
I would put one large plot in the center of the middle field and plant NWSG where you have the plot now. It’s currently very close to the property line.

I have a plot on the edge of a property line and it gets a little pressure from my neighbors. I don’t blame them and didn’t have much of a choice based on the dirt available elsewhere. If I did have a choice, I’d put the big destination plot right in the center.
 
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This is something I drew up to help better explain what I was talking about in my previous post. Let's look at the two areas you have to draw deer from (labeled A and B). I put a big X across the parkway. Not that you won't have deer cross the parkway, but it wouldn't be the main area I focused on drawing my deer from. When looking at your two draws (A and B) B has the most woods to draw from. A is a nice spot for sure, but again, it is cut off by the parkway. A central located large plot here, say 5+ acres, could be a great draw from both A and B. I would set up two stands here (black boxes) to hunt with either a north or south wind, and have a good entrance and exit. If you look at the labels, you could have one large food plot and feed the same deer that could be spread out in food plots 1,2,3, and 4 instead. As a second option, expand food plot 5 into a larger plot as well and feed deer coming out of the "B" bottom.

Don't do too much at first. The first year is a great year to observe from a distance, see how your deer move, and then plant accordingly.

This is all just an opinion of mine, but as mentioned before, spreading your deer out too much can hurt your hunting and allows for the possibility of being in the wrong spot at the right time.
 
I’d definitely get in there early February and see what’s going on. See where they are bedding and how they like to move through the property. You’ve got some really good terrain features to work with. Most of all, have fun!
 
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