When to start scouting for this fall?
05-23-2004, 04:51 PM
#21
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Roane Co. WV USA Member since 11/1999
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RE: When to start scouting for this fall?
As many have already stated.....It is best IMHO to scout year round. When I do that I know what deer are within my 20 acres and get to know their habits. Sure that often changes during the rut....even bringing some other bucks in for competition but.....I usually know whats going on, or atleast try to do so. And the their patterns change with the seasons I tend to find...not much but they do. Just some thoughts..... 
05-24-2004, 07:55 PM
#22
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Clinton county Ohio
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RE: When to start scouting for this fall?
I start scouting in jan when im looking for sheds and during spring turkey season then a couple times a month in the summer in september i start to narrow down the places i want to hunt
05-28-2004, 11:54 PM
#23
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Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: ND
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RE: When to start scouting for this fall?
I didn't know you were suppose to stop scouting. LOL Got to keep track of all these that made it through hunting and another winter...
Seriously, we do scout all year. We scout out new areas and the old areas when we shed hunt. The sheds tell us what bucks made it through winter and what areas to watch during the summer. We find out what crops are planted in the area that will give us insight to where the deer will be feeding through hunting season till they drop their sheds in the winter. Long range scouting ( binocs and driving the roads ) during late summer . Scout during hunting to keep up with the changes the deer go through with prerut, rut and post rut. Paying attention to their food sources in the fall and winter. Scouting never ends for us.
Tim
Seriously, we do scout all year. We scout out new areas and the old areas when we shed hunt. The sheds tell us what bucks made it through winter and what areas to watch during the summer. We find out what crops are planted in the area that will give us insight to where the deer will be feeding through hunting season till they drop their sheds in the winter. Long range scouting ( binocs and driving the roads ) during late summer . Scout during hunting to keep up with the changes the deer go through with prerut, rut and post rut. Paying attention to their food sources in the fall and winter. Scouting never ends for us.
Tim
06-01-2004, 09:48 AM
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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RE: When to start scouting for this fall?
Year round is my gig. It just seems to me that the more you observe the more knowledge you file away. It's fun to see the seasonal trends that they adapt to and it gets real exciting when you can figure out the patterns of a particular deer. Individual patterning might seem near impossible but I can assure you that if you are out in the whitetail playground enough you can find the elusive bully, pattern him and out fox the fox, so to speak. I did'nt say it was easy but what a rush when you take your scouting to that level.
