In my experience, you're gonna need to go higher, away from the lowland water which I'm guessing has trails with the most cowpies. As OT, says you'll need to be looking down! OR try the legal arguments but that's like David versus Goliath without any slingshot involved.

It does "chew the root" but if you're gonna be hunting the same general area, that's my only advice. Decent topography maps may help you out by studying some areas and then looking at the most recent imagery you can find online.

REM7600

PS: I've found Whitetails or Moose NOT to be as finicky, generally speaking... the Mulies stay high till later in the year anyway.