Early season around here you are lucky to hear them before you see them. Our property is soooo damn thick with these thorn bushes ( I dont know their exact name), you're lucky to get more than a twenty yard shot. Opening morning I had four doe within ten yards before I saw them. Sneaky little mothers... Saw all I wanted of a beautiful eight, but damn if its not earn a buck this year.... Once the leaves come down then I can hear them from a long ways off. Then the only difficulty is determining which direction they are coming from. My directional hearing sucks....