Jrichard6817

I have a new piece land to hunt, it was given to me yesterday. I am newish to the hunting community. I was wondering what someones best piece of advice was to scouting mid season, for best possible success from mid season to closing.

I dont want to disrupt the area so I'm thinking its not a good idea to just go running in, throwing up cameras, and hoping for the best. lol So any advise?

Oldtimr

Forget about the cameras. However, you will have to scout for sign, heavily used deer trails, scrapes, rub lines etc. Find a spot where trails converge into one, a funnel area, and even better if trails converge near heavy cover. Set up where you can see well and in more than one direction. You don't say how large the property is but you can probably find sign and a place to set up in one day, and learn the property as you go along. Look for low places where deer can sneak along without being seen, look for deer food, oak trees and new growth etc.

Jrichard6817

Thank you OT, I really appreciate your time! I'll Let you know how it goes!

Game Stalker

What is the size of the property? How long is your season? What weapons do you use?
Do you have any statistics on buck/doe ratios or deer population densities for this area?
Can you speak to whomever you acquired it from and get any kind of property heads-up?

cr422

Ditto on Oldtimr's advice.

You'll want to do a lot of scouting during the off-season. You should know the area as well as the critters do.

You should be able to say, "if I were a deer right now, where might I be and what might I be doing?"

For my wife, our two daughters, and me, hunting is a family thing. We are out in the woods a lot. Learning the animals and the woods is a huge part of the fun for us.

MaineRida

Do not forget to use google earth and get a birds eye view of the property. This may show you ares to focus on without disturbing the entire area. Good luck.

alleyyooper

Once the season is closed in your area that is the best time to scout. It lets you know the deer's patterns during that time of year closest to the season. Keep in mine that can all change depending on what farm crops are planted and logging operations in the area.

Al

tndrbstr

With no more info then you've given on your situation I can't really tell how I might approach it. You a have left to many variables un answered.
Explain what you mean by "given" to you. What acreage are you talking about? Is it property that you are already familiar with at all? Or are you starting out completely blind as they say?

I might not worry so much about disrupting the deer in the area as much as I would want to be familiar with the entire piece of property itself. The first thing I would do if I was totally unfamiliar with the property, is to either slip through or still hunt the entire piece of property. Find out exactly what is and is not there. Everything from property lines, to the lay of the land, to food sources, evidence of other hunters, etc....(do you know for sure that there are even deer there?)

The deer aren't going to leave the area just because you slipped through the woods one time. Then you can revise a game plan based on what you actually know about the place.




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rockport

Just not enough information to give educated advice.