In northern lower Michigan we hunt out of shacks on private property. Some are elevated most are not. We never do deer drives, we feel it just scares the deer out of the area.
We have carpet on the floors and on the walls for both warmth and silence. Our windows are small and offset to prevent deer to see movement inside. We have plexiglass windows and open them when it's warm or as soon as it is light enough to see. Because of the cold everyone has heaters. I prefer to sit all day for at least the first 3-4 days. Most hunt from daylight to about 10am and then back in the shack around 2-3pm. I have shot several bucks at noon. I wait all year for the few weeks of rifle season so sitting all day is my enjoyment. It's peaceful and so relaxing. I use my binoculars all the time looking for movement as far back in the woods as I can. I like 8x56 binoculars for steady holding and low light of dawn and dusk. I watch birds and squirrels, snowshoe bunnies, fox, coyotes and bobcats. After the first five or six days I will shoot coyotes if I see them. I wait until the end of the day to pick them up and take them to my fur shed to skin and put them up on stretchers.
I let all immature bucks and does move through and towards the end of the season, I will shoot a doe for meat. It is interesting to note that the big does are as wary as any big buck. Some even more so. Unless the big bucks are chasing does, they move and act completely different than the other deer. They rarely stop in open areas moving quickly through and constantly looking toward their back trail. Using binoculars all the time allows me to spot them in the brush and gives me time to get ready before they reach the the shooting lanes. I love everything about sitting all day in the north woods. It's so relaxing.