RE: To hunt sign, or not to hunt sign, this is the question.
How do you know what deer made the sign?
A rub???
Some rubs are made by a passer-by and never revisited. I don't want to hunt that tree.
Scrapes??? Well....I've seen a single scrpae worked by 4 bucks within an hour. I've also seen scrapes that I've never seen a deer over. They're worked at night, exclusively.
Hey....you might not want to hunt like I do. I hunt the does all year long....for various reasons. I follow where they are. I go wherever I see them congregating.