Well, I'm hunting a new area this year. I find scouting new territory one of the most critical and difficult tasks. It is critical as it can have a huge impact on how well your season goes. Difficult because there is so much area available for hunting it can be hard to decide where to focus. This is public land I'll be hunting in Iowa. From last years experience I did not have much of any competition for bowhunting. I've moved to a different area in the same land management tract because I did have too much pheasant hunting traffic spooking the deer last year.

I'm curious to hear where different folks would target. I have a few of my own ideas but will not bias you all with those at this point. The other thing I would add is that much of the standing water South of the river is dry. It was never very deep and this summer has been VERY dry in Iowa. Much of it is now very muddy, but not quite the boundary I had hoped it would be.

Thanks,