RE: Scouting after green up?
 

Might be a good idea to get out &locate some trails, find trees to set up insoyoutrimsome shooting lanes.

RE: Scouting after green up?
 

what he said /\

RE: Scouting after green up?
 

I guess I never thought of a "scouting season" per~say. I scout 365 days a year..be it from my truck, ATV, walking.. whatever. I'm alwayslooking for Deer. If an area interests me and I can gain access I check it out.

Time of the year has little consequence..if theres does, theres bucks and probably at least one boomer not too far away.

RE: Scouting after green up?
 

The land is 500 acres of mature hardwood timber. Fairly steep bottoms with open ridge tops with roads and food plots on the ridges.. One small creek cuts the place in half and creates a fairly large creek drainage, probably 100yds each side of the creek before you get back into the bluffs. It is pretty much surrounded by cutover on all sides. The creek drainages look promising as do the natural edges between the mature timber and the cutover.

I'll probably try to get on the ground in the next couple of weeks and at least walk most of it out. Maybe do a little glassing on the roads to see if I can spot any patterns. No crops at all in the area, but we will be planting 15 acres or so of food plots. Too many oaks to really pinpoint anything in terms of acorns. I figure there has to be a handful of persimmons on the place and I intend to find them.

The 500 acres is surrounded by thousands of acres of timber, so I'm basically looking at a big woods environment. Determining how the deer access the property will be the key and unfortunately, will be the hardest part!

Thanks for the comments and suggestions.

RE: Scouting after green up?
 

sounds like it will be a challenge but once you figure it out, you could seriously do some damage to the deer population. It will be rewarding too. Be patient in waiting for successbut get after it!