Crackshot, just throwing this out there. If you and your buds spend $125 or so on all of the literature ever written about this stuff....Sturgis's 3 volumes, Indrebo, Marchinton and Miller, Dougherty, Spinazolla, Bartylla, etc...and have more than 2 brain cells amongst you, IMHO you could easily lay out your 75 acres and save the money you are going to spend on a consultant for something else. It's not rocket science. Spending $800, $1000, $1500 on a consultant just seems like money not well spent...again, if you are fairly intelligent, can read a few books, study aerials and topo maps, and are willing to do some hard work. Spending $600 to have somebody look at your property on a computer screen sans boots on the ground and make suggestions seems like an outright racket.
For larger, complicated parcels and for new landowners who don't know the first thing about whitetail deer or habitat management, yeah, O.K., I get it. Hiring a consultant like Sturgis no doubt would pay off in spades. I'd recommend reading his 3 books and then deciding whether you really need to hire somebody like him or not on your 75. Tons of great info that I would think would give you and your crew some serious food for thought and a plan of action.