Some beautiful country up your way, so you're in for a good time, regardless of whether you kill deer. With the bumper crop of acorns across much of the state, it might be tough to find deer movement before and after the rut. Which means you have to scout.
Go scout North Cherokee. Lots of land to move around in. It's in your back pocket. Rugged hunting, but again, it's pretty.
If all you want to do is hunt muzzleloader season or gun and walk around, that's going to be the ticket. Once muzzleloader season rolls around the Orange army will swarm the smaller WMAs to the detriment of the hunt quality.
But I'm willing to bet you'd mostly have them to yourself during bow season. Look at the TWRA interactive map to find smaller properties.
