Woodchuck Dan
01-30-2024, 07:31 PM
As we are far from the hunting season I wanted to invite you all to share what your opinions and strategies around scouting are. I found after my first season that I wasted much precious time by trying to scout during the season, or going into areas blind.
Specifically for whitetails, I wanted to spend a good amount of time in December when the information was still relevant to the season to understand what the deer are doing. Between troubles with my vehicle and the crap amount of snow this was not nearly as productive as I would have liked. I'm planning on going out in the spring to try to understand what game is doing then, and then in July or August approaching the next season.
Some of my own goals:
- Understand how to incorporate information in the spring when game patterns will have shifted by the fall
- Scout extensively before the coming season
- Start to approach the alpine to get my legs under me for approaching mule deer and elk in the coming years.
Would welcome any thoughts/strategies/opinions about preferred time of year, and methods for scouting whitetail/mule/elk in 2024.
Specifically for whitetails, I wanted to spend a good amount of time in December when the information was still relevant to the season to understand what the deer are doing. Between troubles with my vehicle and the crap amount of snow this was not nearly as productive as I would have liked. I'm planning on going out in the spring to try to understand what game is doing then, and then in July or August approaching the next season.
Some of my own goals:
- Understand how to incorporate information in the spring when game patterns will have shifted by the fall
- Scout extensively before the coming season
- Start to approach the alpine to get my legs under me for approaching mule deer and elk in the coming years.
Would welcome any thoughts/strategies/opinions about preferred time of year, and methods for scouting whitetail/mule/elk in 2024.