Scout. Scouting tells you where the deer are. Long range scouting is hunting in a spot where most likely you know you won't kill anything, but you will be in a place where you can see a ways in all directions. When you do see deer, then you can plan your next hunt on that movement you just saw.
My favorite way to scout is to go out in the middle of the day. I spray my lower torso down with a scent killer. It will help prevent your scent to be laid down for deer to smell up to and more than 24 hours later. If you walk through an area without a scent killer, good odds are you are leaving ground scent for the deer to smell later, which keys them to your presence. Go walk around slow and quietly with the wind in your favor; meaning don't walk upwind of where you think deer are bedding. Look for fresh tracks, droppings, rubs, scrapes, feeding evidence and trails. If you get in an area where you see multiple beds, it's likely a bedding area. If it's in the wide open without much cover at all, most likely it's an evening bedding... where they laid down right where they are feeding.
Use your scouting as a tool to locate and form a plan on where you will kill a deer.
Hunting on the ground with a bow is awesome! I've done it successfully many times. A good plan can be to go out early evening, like 3 hours before dark and walk around for about an hour. In that hour you should find a spot that looks good. Then situate yourself in a spot that's to your advantage. No sunlight on you, no wind from you to them, and have good cover around to blend you in. Even standing next to a tree works. You should have 2 good hours, maybe more to sit and watch things unfold. What's nice about this method is that you scout, see fresh sign and are hunting it immediately, thus hopefully catching them off guard!
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