akaboomer -- I live next to the sunken lands, in Lake City, and I bow hunt there mostly in the late season.
Dad and I have 17 acres in Randolph County just south of the MO state line. The deer population is much better there and I tend to do all of my early season hunting up that way.
However, it doesn't take long for 17 acres to get over pressured and deer tend to get scarce after the guns start going off in November. Around Thanksgiving I start turning my attention back home...