Well the scouting is the right thing to do. If you can only go out five times then you need to do some serious scouting so that when you do go out you know where they are. I try to hunt trails that lead in or out of bedding areas, I try not to hunt right on them but in areas I know they have to go. I would set up a trail cam on the trails and you should be able to pattern them better, my cuddeback was the best hunting tool I bought this year! It surprises me your dad has bagged two and you none? Does he not help you or work with you on it? The last thing I can add is I suck at guessing yards, if I can not get out a mark off an area for my twenty and thirty then I do not hunt. practice, practice, practice!!!