It was the Friday before deer season opened. We always came to deer hunting camp a few days early to scout around to see where the deer had been moving. I decided to cross the bay, which was very small, to take a look at the dirt road. Deer always came down to drink or cross into an area where my tree stand was located. It didn’t take long to find a fresh track, which was the largest I had ever seen. The track measured about 4 inches long with dewclaws behind it and was splayed out. This indicated that it was a very heavy buck. Boy I sure would like to see him tomorrow morning when the season opened!
Apr
25
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Mar
24
A lot of things sound good on paper, but fall apart during practice, and it’s not just a government thing.
The importance of scouting for deer “just prior to the season” is a perfect example.
All these articles about scouting we see every year seem to make perfect sense, but in a practical sense, scouting “just prior to the season” usually does more harm than good for one simple reason: deer will pattern you much quicker than you pattern them.
