Get out there and scout...NOW!!!
Contributors to this thread:Pennsylvania
From: buc i 313
08-Feb-18
Great advise Treerat,
IMHO,
It is absolutely the best way to learn about "your area" of hunting and the deer movement within it.
From: DaleHajas
08-Feb-18
Your not saying to walk out into Forbes State Forest and put up cameras during a snowstorm are ya? We were looking for uhhh turkeys.... Yup turkeys:)
From: Rutbuster
08-Feb-18
Thats some good advice treerat.
From: Bob Hildenbrand
08-Feb-18
Been using the drone I got for Christmas to check out local bedding areas. Great tool.
From: DaleHajas
09-Feb-18
Too cloudy for my drone. I Just use Google earth and do the zoom feature. Theres lots of deers on the beach in S Fla:)
From: Rut Nut
09-Feb-18
Mike- I try to get out in early March to do my preseason scouting. Great time of year! Always take the varmint rifle in case I come across any coyotes and I am also scouting for turkey sign for Spring Gobbler. Best time is after a fresh snow.
From: Teeton
09-Feb-18
I like to snow shoe and do it at a few places that i hunt. One place a big Mountain the deer are not in the same places in winter as in summer.. I can go for a hike in summer a see deer and deer sign, go to that same spot right now and snow shoe and not cross a track in a 1 or 2 miles.. On the flatter more farm land I do see deer in the same places now as in summer.
From: Thunderflight
09-Feb-18
Yelp im already doing this.
From: RC
09-Feb-18
Fricken high tech hunters. Camera this camera that, who the hell needs a camera to scout.
Ya all prolly use them compound bows too...
From: RC
10-Feb-18
LOL
From: Rut Nut
27-Feb-18
So Bowjo, Teton and I did some hiking/scouting on SGL up in Susquehanna Co on Sat. There’s at least one buck there still has his headgear! ;-)
From: Rut Nut
27-Feb-18
We found 3 rubs in 2 different areas
From: Rut Nut
27-Feb-18
And lots and lots of pellets!
From: Rut Nut
27-Feb-18
One spot you couldn’t walk 10 ft in any direction without stepping on pellets
From: RC
27-Feb-18
I don't have to go out.. I can see them from the patio door.
From: Rut Nut
28-Feb-18
Yeah, your "pet" deer! LOL! : )
Mike- I should have said we actually saw some deer too- 4. And game trails are pretty easy to see this time of year. We walked all over that SGL and ironically, one of the heaviest trails we saw was parallel to the county road and barely 30 ft inside the woodline as we were circling back around to the parking area! ;-)
From: RC
28-Feb-18
What are pellets?
Isn't that what ya burn in a pellet stove?:)
From: horsethief51
28-Feb-18
You refer to them as Raisinettes I believe.
From: RC
28-Feb-18
Droppings...
From: Phil Magistro
28-Feb-18
Smart pills.
From: Rut Nut
28-Feb-18
Cover scent ;-)
From: swiggy
01-Mar-18
Dinkle Berries
From: Ben Farmer
07-Mar-18
Nice finds Mike. I'll be in Ohio this weekend to pull a couple cameras and do some shed hunting/ scouting. Haven't found any antlers on my outings here in Pa yet.
From: Hoyter2804
08-Mar-18
Nice finds, what part of pa?
From: Ben Farmer
13-Mar-18
No sheds in Ohio this weekend but happy to see these two are alive and well!
From: Ben Farmer
13-Mar-18
From: RC
13-Mar-18
Awesome, Ben..
From: Bourbonator
13-Mar-18
Nice Bucks Ben
From: horsethief51
14-Mar-18
Been seeing deer yarded up in groups of 8 to 20 lately. Right beside the house before dark last evening.
From: Rut Nut
14-Mar-18
How much snow do you have out there Art?
From: George D. Stout
01-Apr-18
In my experience, deer are not doing the same thing in October as they are in March, and even their range may change due to the vagaries of weather, heat, drought...monsoon. I'm in the woods year around and know what's going on, but I don't always see what's happening in the spring to be what's happening in the fall. Your mileage my vary.
From: Boris
02-Apr-18
I was out in ohio on Saturday. Did some scouting in the places that I hunt. On the way out, I was walking there the field. Found a shed, main frame 5pt. with 4 stickers. All on one side. Hope to find the other half.
From: Phil Magistro
05-Apr-18
I enjoy getting out in the woods any time of the year but I agree with others that said that where the deer are in early spring doesn't mean they'll be there in the fall or even as the season progresses. During the rut bucks may cover 2, 3 or more miles a day. I'm not saying they don't pass the same place from time to time but they will go where the does are. Here's is an interesting article by Penn State on monitoring a buck over three years. http://ecosystems.psu.edu/research/projects/deer/news/2017/we-spied-on-him-for-3-years
From: Rut Nut
05-Apr-18
Rut Nut's Link
From: RC
05-Apr-18
That's pretty neat.
From: Phil Magistro
05-Apr-18
Thanks Perry.
From: RC
05-Apr-18
Someone had to come by with a little smarts and post it.
The moderator couldn't..:)
From: Phil Magistro
05-Apr-18
I guess you want Chris to open you beer for you too.
From: RC
05-Apr-18
Yes, I have her trained to do that, after she fetches it :)
From: Rut Nut
05-Apr-18
No problem Phil! ;-)
I just took a quick look, but that is pretty interesting! Especially how close to the road he stayed/bedded at times during rifle season! I'll have to take some more time and study it closer.
From: Phil Magistro
05-Apr-18
Perry, if you sign up for the newsletters you'll get lots more information like that.
From: horsethief51
27-Apr-18
I wondered if anyone has observed any fawns yet? Got my first trail cam pics today.
From: Jeff Durnell
27-Apr-18
Geeze those are tiny. Cute little buggers.
From: RC
27-Apr-18
Nice picture, Art.
From: Rut Nut
30-Apr-18
WOW! That's early! I think the earliest I have seen fawns is late May.
From: horsethief51
30-Apr-18
I was told that those fawns would have been concieved in September.
From: Rut Nut
30-Apr-18
Yeah, I was thinking the same thing Art- definitely way before the traditional Nov. RUT!
From: Rut Nut
03-May-18
WOW Mike! 3/25? And it looks like it wasn;t just born either!
Nice sheds too!
