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Post by CanadianGoldenEagle on Jan 8, 2014 8:18:25 GMT -4
Hey Guys,
When would you think it would be a good time to start scouting? With us still being in rabbit season and the snow on the ground I would think that now would be an ideal time to do some initial legwork, due to the tracks being legible and easier to follow, but the deer won't be moving as much either.
What do others think?
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Post by lguthro on Jan 8, 2014 8:44:00 GMT -4
Scouting now is great familiarize yourself with what does are travelling in the area etc, time of day is going to be different as hungers driving them also look out for sheds!
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Post by g0rd0 on Jan 22, 2014 14:42:01 GMT -4
I am always scouting, every time I look out the window. As I cut & yard my firewood. And at least twice a month I go and sit for a chapter or 2 in my blind. My blind is a permanant affair in my wood lot.
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Post by mwo on Jan 22, 2014 15:01:19 GMT -4
I am always scouting, every time I look out the window. As I cut & yard my firewood. And at least twice a month I go and sit for a chapter or 2 in my blind. My blind is a permanant affair in my wood lot. X2, when I am out in the woods I am scouting. LOL
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Post by lsf on Jan 22, 2014 16:32:01 GMT -4
x3 ....all year long
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Post by CanadianGoldenEagle on Mar 30, 2014 15:22:08 GMT -4
Hopefully going to be able to start my scouting shortly. This Winter has been a swine for me getting out into the woods, my ladder stand should still be fastened to the tree so I need to bring that in and give it a good oiling.
Anybody managed to get out and start looking? I know a few are more interested in the aquatic world at the moment so I understand if nobody has been out.
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Post by lguthro on Mar 31, 2014 6:45:53 GMT -4
ill be getting out soon to scout out a spot to set up for my first bear
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Post by mwo on Mar 31, 2014 6:56:00 GMT -4
Not to forget that deer are still yarded right now so what you see in any particular area may not be what you will see in Oct/Nov
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Post by cochise on Apr 2, 2014 11:29:51 GMT -4
I don't do much scouting after the first heavy snows of winter. Typically, my scouting really begins late August / early September timeline, which is 3-4 weeks before the season opens. Up until then, the deer are in their summer patterns and their movement will change with the availibility of food, primarily. Once the mast crops (apples and acorns, as example) start to hit the ground they'll move from their graze areas into these forage areas...or should I say, they'll be less frequent in the graze areas...and this'll stay predominant up until the rut. I do a lot of in-season scouting, too. From year to year, deer will frequent the same seasonal areas, and if I find their sign at a spot one fall, I'll pay particular attention to that spot the next fall. My absolute favorite time to scout is late in the season or immediately after its close. All those sneaky, hidden trails and travel corridors that the bigger deer use to scent check the does in the area become real apparent as all the grass or brush they have stepped on drops or falls over first as it dies or goes dormant. THOSE are the trails I really want to find and be on for the following year's hunt (typically downwind of the does feeding area and/or trails). I'm always watching for deer and deer sign...every time I go to the woods. But it's more for the fact I just like to see deer!
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