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Scouting new land
#3220731
09/16/20 11:50 AM
09/16/20 11:50 AM
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Joined: Dec 2018
Posts: 2,214 Dale County, AL
DGAMBLER
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8 point
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OP
8 point
Joined: Dec 2018
Posts: 2,214
Dale County, AL
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What are your "go to's" for finding good places to hunt on a new property? I'm going to be hunting a large piece of property this year and I'm not sure where to start. I know to try and find deer sign, but what particular areas would ya'll look for and around?
To GOD be All the glory!!!
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Re: Scouting new land
[Re: DGAMBLER]
#3220733
09/16/20 11:51 AM
09/16/20 11:51 AM
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Joined: Oct 2008
Posts: 30,910 Clanton, AL
Out back
Grumpy Old Man
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Grumpy Old Man
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Clanton, AL
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I start with the most recent aerial I can find and look for transition areas.
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Re: Scouting new land
[Re: Out back]
#3220743
09/16/20 12:05 PM
09/16/20 12:05 PM
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Joined: Sep 2012
Posts: 18,028 North AL
AU338MAG
Old Mossy Horns
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Old Mossy Horns
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North AL
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I start with the most recent aerial I can find and look for transition areas. This. Always start with aerial photos and took maps. This will locate areas to scout on the ground.
Dying ain't much of a living boy...Josey Wales
Molon Labe
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Re: Scouting new land
[Re: DGAMBLER]
#3220809
09/16/20 01:12 PM
09/16/20 01:12 PM
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Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 21,445 HSV AL
jmudler
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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HSV AL
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Let me add, scouting really starts the after hunting season.
Isaiah 5:20 Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter.
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Re: Scouting new land
[Re: DGAMBLER]
#3220823
09/16/20 01:26 PM
09/16/20 01:26 PM
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Posts: 34,404 Boxes Cove
2Dogs
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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Boxes Cove
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In hills and mountains I'll study a topo before I set foot on it. Aerials never helped me much.
"Why do you ask"?
Always vote the slowest path to socialism.
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Re: Scouting new land
[Re: DGAMBLER]
#3220852
09/16/20 02:02 PM
09/16/20 02:02 PM
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TDog93
Booner
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Booner
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And once u find your spots and develop - stay out until hunt season as much as possible - when I feed I usually try to between 11 and 1 or not prime time hunt times
My deer are always very relaxed acting opening weekend and that is my most consistent time to see a shooter
Hunt the wind - leave it better than you found it - love your neighbor as you love your self We need prayer for our country now more than ever
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Re: Scouting new land
[Re: DGAMBLER]
#3220862
09/16/20 02:13 PM
09/16/20 02:13 PM
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General
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Aerial's are also a great way to identify funnels.
"I'd rather go down the river with seven studs than with a hundred ****heads" - Colonel Charlie Beckwith Founder Delta Force
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Re: Scouting new land
[Re: General]
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09/16/20 02:50 PM
09/16/20 02:50 PM
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Posts: 2,442 Highland Home, Al
Squadron77
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Highland Home, Al
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Aerial's are also a great way to identify funnels. Yes, cyber scouting is the new term these days. That is the quickest way to find places you want to walk and scout.
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Re: Scouting new land
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09/16/20 03:19 PM
09/16/20 03:19 PM
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Joined: Sep 2012
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DeerNutz0U812_
Booner
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Booner
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In hills and mountains I'll study a topo before I set foot on it. Aerials never helped me much. In the flatlands its like dynamite.....
Did you know that Beer Nutz are over a Dollar...and Deer Nutz are under a Buck...
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Re: Scouting new land
[Re: DGAMBLER]
#3220926
09/16/20 03:50 PM
09/16/20 03:50 PM
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Posts: 7,520 Boaz,AL
CarbonClimber1
14 point
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14 point
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Boaz,AL
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I find big rock...bigggggg rock...i look at rock...poke rock with stick.....mmmmmm....good rock.....put corns on rock...i wait by rock...kill big deers
"I dont quit.. And ill fight alone if i have to"
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Re: Scouting new land
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09/16/20 04:14 PM
09/16/20 04:14 PM
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Posts: 20,081 Northport, AL
GomerPyle
Impatient Stinky Britches Wearin’ Off-Roadin’ Guru
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Impatient Stinky Britches Wearin’ Off-Roadin’ Guru
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Northport, AL
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In hills and mountains I'll study a topo before I set foot on it. Aerials never helped me much. what, specifically, are you looking for on topos for hill/mountain areas?
There are 3 certainties in an uncertain world:
1. All Politicians Are Liars 2. All Gun Laws Are an Infringement 3. Taxation Is Theft
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Re: Scouting new land
[Re: DGAMBLER]
#3220977
09/16/20 05:00 PM
09/16/20 05:00 PM
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Posts: 2,183 Central to South AL
Stickers
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Central to South AL
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EDGE. Deer are creatures of the edge/transition areas. Scout them with cameras, decide where to setup based on sun rise/set and predominate wind.
WDE
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Re: Scouting new land
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09/16/20 05:41 PM
09/16/20 05:41 PM
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2Dogs
Freak of Nature
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Freak of Nature
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In hills and mountains I'll study a topo before I set foot on it. Aerials never helped me much. what, specifically, are you looking for on topos for hill/mountain areas? Structure, that being points, knobs, hog back ridges , saddles, anything that might be a pinch point. I'll then put boots on the ground , locating food, trails, possible bedding areas. edges and specific pinch points. Edges and pinch points are where you kill em.
"Why do you ask"?
Always vote the slowest path to socialism.
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Re: Scouting new land
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09/16/20 06:00 PM
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Posts: 5,180 Georgia and Missouri
Semo
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12 point
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Georgia and Missouri
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In hills and mountains I'll study a topo before I set foot on it. Aerials never helped me much. what, specifically, are you looking for on topos for hill/mountain areas? Structure, that being points, knobs, hog back ridges , saddles, anything that might be a pinch point. I'll then put boots on the ground , locating food, trails, possible bedding areas. edges and specific pinch points. Edges and pinch points are where you kill em. One big thing is looking at the adjacent topographical features and how they "flow into" the specific ridge you may be hunting. I like to look for saddles between two major ridge/point junctions that may have a bench below. Especially if the bench has some breaks just below the saddle which is actually a fairly common landform (due to water erosion) and 8f some adjacent ridges have points or hog backs that flow into that saddle break. If I see those things I'll definitely check it out on foot. Obviously food and vegetative cover are super important, but if I'm hunting a homogeneous landscape the saddle is my first spot to check out.
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Re: Scouting new land
[Re: DGAMBLER]
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09/16/20 10:44 PM
09/16/20 10:44 PM
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Posts: 5,049 Your Lock-on
Whild_Bill
Crawfishing Asshat
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I guest hunt on a lot of properties I’ve never set foot on. I key in on food sources. But I don’t usually hunt in the actual food sourse then I will look at that food sourse and locate the trails leading to and fro cover and bedding. You can kill deer on the. Food sourse but if your looking for mature bucks you need t hunt closer to the beds. I like to walk creek beds and wet weather creeks to scout. It’s just my system and we just know what works for us. And I usually find a way to get an arrow in one if I want it. Once you find em then you got to get a plan to center pinch
We Just Know What Works For Us
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Re: Scouting new land
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09/16/20 10:51 PM
09/16/20 10:51 PM
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Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 10,414 Scottsboro, Al
jbatey1
Lucky Bastage
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Lucky Bastage
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Scottsboro, Al
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In hills and mountains I'll study a topo before I set foot on it. Aerials never helped me much. This. I can look at a topo and tell you exactly what areas I want to look into well before I ever actually look into them. Only time I really use aerials are if I want to see what or where something like a cedar thicket or etc is. Locating saddles, points, ridges etc and then finding edges and pinch points are alot of what I like.
The fool tells me his reasons; the wise man persuades me with my own.
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Re: Scouting new land
[Re: DGAMBLER]
#3221530
09/17/20 09:30 AM
09/17/20 09:30 AM
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Joined: Dec 2018
Posts: 2,214 Dale County, AL
DGAMBLER
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8 point
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8 point
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Dale County, AL
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Thanks for the input guys, but it looks like I may need to wait a week or so and let things dry out before I go riding around on unfamiliar territory.
To GOD be All the glory!!!
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