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4 Steps for Successful Deer Scouting by Marty Prokop
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One of the very best ways to increase the odds of you seeing and shooting more deer is by scouting.
Think of deer scouting as having four main steps.
1.) Choose good deer hunting property.
It sounds pretty basic, but many deer hunters take whatever deer hunting area they can get.
Learn about the land you consider hunting.
Ask some of the locals about a certain piece of property before you buy or lease it. Talk to people at the feed mill or even the local postal employees.
I did this. The mail carrier, barber, farmer down the road and feed mill guy all told me about the big bucks running across the road out of the property that I hunt.
So ask around.
Check with the local DNR and ask them about deer populations on or near the land you consider hunting.
2.) Learn the contours of the deer hunting land you are considering.
Purchase a good topographic map of your deer hunting area.
Look at the map and make notes where you might find food sources, watering holes, natural funnels and potential bedding grounds once you are out scouting.
3.) Head into the woods searching for deer sign.
After studying your topographic map and three to four weeks prior to your deer season opener, head into the woods.
Usually by this time of the year the deer have switched to their fall patterns. What you see in the woods will be current information.
First go to the areas you pin-pointed on your topographic map as potential hot spots.
If you have the financial resources to do so, place a trail camera on a potential hot spot. Check your camera(s) at least once per week.
4.) Put all the pieces together.
This is where you bring all of the information you have gathered together and use it to pattern deer on your deer hunting land.
The added bonus of trail camera photos is to show you deer size, as well as times and dates of when and how often deer are moving.
Together, this information will make deer hunting tree stand site placement much easier.
Remember these 4 Steps for Successful Deer Scouting, and you could pattern a big buck each time you head into the deer hunting woods.
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