I can understand your issue. In the past what I have done is started scouting during the mid morning and used sent block to try and eliminate my sent, though the deer may hear me scratching threw the woods they may not pick my sent up, there for not spooking them as much.

Deer are acustomed to hearing "things" moving in thier area but the rely on their noses, to detect if its of any threat.

In addition, in dense foliage try finding a source first i.e.;food water ect. Look for a deer trail and stick to it, and take your time. Don't try and do this all in one or two days.

I would suggest scouting areas that you are unformilar with before season, inturn if you do spooke deer by the time you have maped out your hunting strategy a few months or weeks before season you know exactly where you will be heading, in doing so with minimal disruption.

Good luck!

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