Well I don't advocate trapsing around the woods like a lunatic but I definitely do light in season scouting. It has lead to discovering hot areas with heavy rut action and is also helpful for when your woods go through changes ie cutovers, controlled burns, new food sources, new pressure. All of those things(and many others) can impact the deers patterns and change where they are travelling, staging, feeding, etc, even if ony by a fe hundred yard. I want to be aware of those kinds of changes but I try not to over do it.