RE: What should I look for?
Well let me tell what I do when I go scouting.
Once I'm out in the woods I start looking for heavey travel routes & secondary trails, I'll walk up and down these trails and look for signs like last seasons rubs and scrapes don't forget about dropings.
Look around for ridges and funnels you might find a bedding area or were there feeding at.
Check out the trees and surrounding brush and look for swamps or boggs if you have crop fields nearby look for enter and exit routes.
Steady topo maps and read books orarticles about tracking don't forgetto use a compass or GPS unit I wouldn't be able to sleep at night knowing you got lost or something else.
Good luck & GOD BLESS.