I think a major problem with watching the "pro's" scout in season is that they are hunting thousands of acres on pristine hunting ground.

Most of us, myself included , have woodlots of 10-30 acres or maybe a farm land with woods in the 100-200 acre. Hard to in season scout without educating and or bumping deer. Heck its hard some farms to get back out of your stand early season without bumping a deer or two off beds.

I'm not a fan of in season walk a bouts either. Edge scouting to a minimum. If you've hunted an area long enough there should be a pattern season after season. The one farm I hunt you can be guaranteed theres going to be a scrap/rub line from the east to the west just inside the wood line.