Scouting Help?

[kwaldeier]

i scouted today for about 3 hours and i am stumped! i couldnt find a trail for anything with all the underbrush...i was wondering what you guys look for when scouting?? i looked high and low for any deer sign that i could set a camera up over for a future tree stand..i have looked in corn fields and bean fields and open hay fields and timber and i found 0 sign...i really need to get a spot for a stand! help please

[kwilson16]

I would start with some aerial photo's (Yahoo maps or GoogleEarth are good). Look for funnels, corners and edges - places that concentrate deer movement. Look for food sources. If you need some help identifying them, then post the pictures on this forum and we can provide some pointers.

[GMMAT]

I'm hunting a new property this fall....and ALL I've done is study the topo.

Deer will utilize certain terrain features (unless prompted by extenuating circumstances) ....most everywhere. If you have access to a topo of the parcel....post that up.

In a perfect world, the aerial is a good accompaniment.

[kwaldeier]

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo...eat=directlink

the red is our land. the blue is land i am iffy if i can hunt but have in rifle season....not sure i could use a stand or not..the unlabeled land is timber and the corn and bean fields are marked

[kwaldeier]

also that is a stream running through the middle of our land