Tim,

I agree with what you said. When I say no in-season scouting I am speaking of busting brush and disturbing the deers daily routine. I am not saying to not use a keen eye and to leave the binos orspotting scope at home. Standtimeis very valueable information on where you should setup if you need to tweak your locations. I have at times hunted field edges just to see where the does are entering and exiting the fields trying to get a drop on what bedding areas the does are preferring at that time. But I will almost never put my boots to the dirt trying to decipher what area is "hot".