I don’t think there are any rules that keep you from scouting you just can’t be driving on the roads at certain times. I think from 10-2 you can drive them. If you can’t make the scouting day the best thing to do is find a general area you’re interested in and walk in right at daylight. Look at a topo and find some bottoms. There are some beautiful woods there. You’ll see deer. We walked right up on a fine 8 point one morning and he somehow never heard us coming and this was with a 12 year old who sounded like a heard of elephants coming thru the woods. The deer there don’t seem to be skittish at all. I never saw any that looked nervous. You can probably contact the warden and get some info, at least what kind of condition the plots are in for your section. Just keep in mind some of the plots that are shown on the map don’t exist so it would be good to confirm before you put all your eggs in one basket.