I check all the oak trees I can find. any oak within a few hundred yards of a thicket gets checked if i can
I'm looking for alot of track, ground tore up and droppings. the tree usually drops for about a week I'm guessing. I seem to find them once they are about done for some reason. Idk how to tell which will stop first but if I can find one that's loaded and it's the only one in the area then I can just about bet it will be a hot tree when it starts