Ol Bud, not sure where Foxboro is, but I hunt exclusively in the Lake Superior snow belt country and have found some of my best spots when scouting as soon as the snow leaves the ground in April. You can find scrapes that still look fresh, rubs too...good time to find sheds as well. If you find one, two or three year old rubs in the same spot, all the better, that means the big boys frequent that particular area. Buck / doe tracks?? I pretty much look at size and focus on the biggies...pretty much a sure thing if you can lay four fingers across the track!! :-)