Thanks for all the input so far.
I need a teacher, but I've been waiting around for that for nearly a decade, I'm 35 now, and sometimes one has to just take things in their own hands. I took my first turkey all by my lonesome, perhaps there's something to beginners luck. Unfortunately I don't know any traditional hunters in the area, it's rifle or compound.
The lands I'm looking at are;
169 acre private ranch, withna variety of terrain, lots of streams, backed by blm land. No pressure.
The trinity alps, remote, high and rugged, lots of hiking involved to get away from potential recreating people. I think the archery pressure is fairly low.
An area of trinity national forest, in which I see a minimal of 15 deer just while parking, and when I was turkey hunting, I walked up on many deer by accident. Lots of pressure during rifle.
But as has been said, it's the funnels and squeezes, food sources, in which I'll want to work, which are available in all of those places.
All I know is I need to hunt, the desire and call is almost unbearable.
Thanks again for replying, I'm digesting it.
I need to take in what you guys wrote and reflect on it a bit.