Thanks, and yeah, I should have worded or explained a bit more I guess, but I found it really hard to make a post that's somewhat easy to follow!
Targeted Species is White-tailed Deer, although the plan for later on is maybe to go after Muleys in the higher Altitudes. But for learning I was gonna concentrate on whitetails. I took a bunch of Grouse and Hares with my Bow last Season, as well as a nice 5x5 Buck on Private Land too(with a 30-06), so I think I know the plain basics for the "after the shot part" of the Hunting. What my Goal is here is to understand and learn how to hunt Crown Land, and especially how you guys choose between lots of Possible areas.
Say: I have in about 1 hour driving Time from my Home, access to 20+ logging areas, ranging from logged this year to logged 20 years ago. What are your deciding Factors of which one to choose? I imagine that the 1-2 year old areas are not productive yet as not much grass or browse is coming.
I'm just not sure which areas are worth sitting in or spending time on glassing for hours? Are you guys walking the outside of a logged area to look for Incoming trails/scat? I only have a limited amount of time, so just scouting them all for longer periods of time isnt viable.
As for the Gun, I'm planning to get a rifle chambered in .308, preferably a t3x if I can justify the Money to myself