My father-in-law lives in Brownstown. Retired assistant manager of Jackson/Washington State Forest. I visit every two weeks. In fact, his farm backs up to the forest but I never hunt it except for squirrels.
Instead, I hunt near Attica Indiana with my best friend about 3 times (9 days total) each year. The beans have been picked very early this year and by the time I get to Attica (mid-October) the deer will be heavily focused on acorns.
I'm hoping for a recurve shot at a deer like THREE I saw last year in Attica -- all were 145-160 -- the closest was 38 yards.
I grew up in Indiana so I know what it is like waiting for October 1st! I started deer hunting in 1969 and went to Brown County every weekend for about 10 years there after. No deer were in Richmond, IN where I lived in those days.