I have been hunting where I hunt for about 15 years. I started out walking creeks looking for trails or any old rubs. I have since then through deer sightings have learned in a since to follow the deer an see where they frequent. I now 10 years later after my first years on the lease have come to use a camera in the off season . I now know where the deer leave scrapes year after year. I also can drive down a trail on my four wheeler an if I see scrapes on the road I know that they aretraveling through the bottom wherehang my stand sometimes. I don't even have to go in there I just know they are in that area. I like to hunt in the nearest thick area a couple hundred yards off a field give or take depends on acorns an cover in the area . I lke ridges that form into bottle necks orthe inside corners off 4 and 5 year old cutovers that have mature redoaks or white oaks. I could keep going but I hope you get the picture.