Originally Posted by
super_hunt54
RR have you been nipping at the bottle? I don't see where anyone suggested he scout May through August or anything of that sort! But then again, for years I have done that very thing. Keeping "tabs" on several deer herds on the properties I hunt is just one of the many things I do during off season. If you know what you are doing you don't drive deer off. In fact you may accomplish the very opposite by getting them used to a vague human scent. And unlike you I don't take supposed 700 yard shots on whitetail, I get up close and personal for Archery so I obviously haven't scattered them off!
Not to worry! He's just doing a little trolling to stir the pot after he read my post saying to scout the next few months. He's just unhappy after the flap on the SSA politics thread where he disagreed with the "posse" and is now doing exactly what I asked him not to do! Anyway, scouting year around is a good way to know where and what the animals are doing at particular times of the year. They may or may not be in the same area now as they are during the hunting seasons and the only way to know is be out there as much as possible without actually disturbing the bedding areas if you are out to shoot a big buck.