Scouting doesn't do much good in our area since we have so many archers,even if you find a good spot before the season, there will likely be a stand hanging there before the season opens.
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This type of statement is a classic example of advice not to follow. It's the kind of thing often heard at the local bar in the early afternoon of the first day of deer season.
There is no such place in the deer woods as one where scouting won't help you. If the woods you have to hunt are heavily hunted, things get a bit more challenging but the presistent hunter can still prevail. You simply have to factor in the human influence and outwit, out last or outwalk the competition.
I've found that the majority of nimrods who dont value scouting also dont bother to really learn the area. If the area is heavily hunted the rule of thumb is to think steep, deep, or ugly. The guys who dont bother scouting probably wont enter that tough stuff either!
