I would want to see at least the surrounding 1/4 mile of this parcel. If that point leads to another hill or point, are surrounding areas higher or lower elevations. That would make predicting thermo's, winds and stand and access ideas much easier.
I would also like to see the surrounding area.
hesseu, you don't mention what part of the season, or even the time of day (thermal air issues) you expect to hunt this parcel.
IMO, in many cases, there may a big difference how a property is hunted
just before the rut vs setting up on stable movement patterns of the early season. On some small properties, we don't always have the luxury of several stand choices, but that isn't the norm...we almost always benefit from having multiple stands. Sometimes, in order to play the wind, they may even be as little as 25 yards apart.
For the period during the cruising phase, I think a lot of us get tunnel vision and we don't look at the big picture in terms of mature bucks traveling long distances. We end up looking at only our property and we forget about how surrounding travel corridors effect how bucks enter and travel throughout our own place.
On my Ohio properties, it took me a long time until I realized I needed to look at the big picture. I was stuck in the mindset of seeing only the deer sign where I had permission to hunt. When I started seeing how that property tied into the surrounding properties, then I started to see the bigger patterns of buck movement in big, rural country. Then it was easier to fine-tune my exact stand locations.
It's harder to predict large patterns of movement in suburbia...too many disruptions from human activity.
Analyzing how funnels, edges and terrain features connect to
surrounding properties and cover is vital.
It's great to know where bucks bed in the early season, but when things start getting "romantic", I'd rather key-in on
doe bedding areas. I believe the locations of
doe beds predict where bucks will be more so than those early season
buck bedding areas will. There's really no predicting where a buck may be bedding just prior to the peak, but you can bet he will be checking out doe beds. The areas of logical travel corridors between doe beds is the place to be...IF you can access the area and IF you have stable wind patterns to hunt.
I really don't see a "one-size fits all" type of stand location in your ariel pic. Depending on which direction the prevailing wind hits that ridge will determine where you can set-up. When wind blows parallel to a ridge, wind patterns are more stable than when they blow perpendicular to a ridge. The down-wind side then becomes a low pressure area with swirling winds while the up-wind side is high pressure with more stablehand that tends to rise.
From that limited area we can see in your image, I'd say that property could/should have several stand sites. 90% of them may not be ideal 90% of the time but when things are "right", those seldom hunted stands will be fresh and undisturbed.