I'm lucky to be able to hunt hard over the next 2 or 3 days on public land (Sam R. Murphy) and this will probably be my last serious hunting of the season. My son and I might sit in the shooting house at the farm the last weekend. Anyways, much of the area this weekend will be clearcuts, planted pine of various age, and many narrow hardwood SMZs cutting through the pines. I should be able to do a lot of boots to the ground scouting and the recent rain should make fresh sign easier to identify. My trigger finger is going to be itchy so I'm not holding out on a 150" buck. I haven't had much luck hunting clearcuts, but can anyone share how they might attack a new hunting area this time of year with chasing over, acorns mainly gone. Perhaps look for where they are crossing from one thicket to another through the SMZs?