I usually get out in mid-late August here in Mid-Missouri and hang most of my stands. I do hate it because it is usually boiling hot, I'm sweating, seed ticks are out in full force, mosquitoes sound like kamikaze pilots coming in for the kill, and I tire more easily because it is so HOT!!

I do however, try and get out first thing in the morning when it is cooler, or try and find a day when the temperature is down 10 degrees or so below normal. But this isn't always possible. The land where we hunt, I've been hunting for over 18 years, so I pretty much know where I want to place my stands even before heading out to the farm! It's not so much about scouting...it's about getting in, hanging the stands, and getting out.

Scouting in the summer should consist more of glassing from a distance (if possible) and using trail camerasso as tominimize the contact with the deer herd, especially as opening day gets closer.