RE: How do you do your post season scouting
I pretty much follow Duke's model of spending A LOT of time in the woods right after the season. I trim up some shooting lanes then and might even hang a stand or 2. But no 2 seasons will be the same with deer movement. We had tons of standing corn in the area untill last week and no acorns in the woods this year. Next year we might have tons of acorns and the corn might be out by Oct. 1. The same patterns will not work for both, the deer will be in different locations.
Scouting after the season can help your odds of finding travel routes. But early season observation stands can tell you a lot too.