i do most of my scouting in september while i am out hunting tree rats. then come october while fall turkey hunting everything{feeding...bedding ect... starts to firm up. i used to go inthe earlier part ofsummer but i have found it to be more productive{i dont bow hunt} to do my foot work later in the summer{mid to late august at the earliest}

I have been in the woods scouting and had my cameras out for 2 months now. I liketo have about 5-6 different spots to bowhunt.

I was out once a little while back scouting around a creek for deer tracks. The creek runs parallel to a nearby cornfield so almost all the deer in the woods cross it. It gives me an idea of the number of smaller deer vs. larger deer by looking at track size. Also, its a good way of finding where most deer actually cross.

Scouting should be a year long process. I have been scouting a little bit differently this year. All year long I have been sitting in my favourite spots with a video camera. I have tons of video of a lot of deer. Including one HUGE 13 point buck that has around a 20 inch inside spread. Scouting this way has been a ton of fun, its taught me deer patterns and actions...plus it's been alot of fun.
-Jake

im going to be putting out my game camera this weekend at one of two spots i plan to hunt this year. i wish i could buy one more camera, but funds are great right now. so ill jus use the camera at each spot every other week or so, hopefully getting some good shots of some deer.