Absolutely, you make a great point.

I usually hang a stand only if there is great sign and/or I have pictures of deer going or coming through the area in the daytime. I don't really hunt the scrapes that hard anymore, they never really produced much for me in the past. I do pay attention to well worn trails and I am a firm believer in the habitual characteristics of deer. They like to do the same thing over and over. They take the shortest path to get to where they are going and they like to be around other deer. If there is a trail that has better cover than another that may be a shorter path, I usually hunt the thicker cover and see more deer. On a pine plantation the deer bed in the short pines alot! My favorite stands are usually inbetween the short pines and the hardwoods or the tall pines, transition areas. All these aspects go into my decision to hang a stand.

Is that what y'all are talking about?

Trae