RE: New hunting area: Scouting Techniques
I've hunted new areas and continue to hunt new areas constantly. Get yourself a good mobile stand set-up and pound the ground with you're stand on you're back, and bow in-hand ready to hunt. Start scouting based on photo's and maps, but put yourself on fresh sign, then based on sightings, move until you have located somthing you would like to kill. Keep moving until you do - this is the best advise I can give you!