Late Winter/Early spring: Deer are moving in search of food but back in core areas. Look for where they're kicking up leaves for the last remaining acorns or browsing saplings (maple around here usually). Scout a LOT. Look for old rublines that are being hit again. Look for sheds along ridgelines, in fields and near thickets.

Mid/Late spring: The fields are starting to sprout new shoots. Look for more activity in fields in the evenings. Identify entry/exit points in the field. Then make short excursions to find trails leading back from those points. Don't scout too much.

Summer: Put out cameras in areas found in Late winter and spring just to see who's out there. Summer activity is often very different from what it is during hunting season. Scouting is also hard. Don't scout much if at all.

Late summer/early fall: Use info gained previously to make strategic forays into the woods. Look for acorns at the tops of white oaks in these areas. Find suitable stand sites and hang them at this time (minimally two weeks prior to season, preferably four weeks).

Fall: Hunt, but while hunting observe all tracks and sign and potential food sources that may have not been prevalent or obvious before. Adjust stands as possible accordingly.

Unless your hunting one particular buck, but perhaps even if you are, when the rut is near or here you want to hunt the does. Know where the does are or will be and the bucks will come to you.