Hunting – Scouting

You Must Know Where They Are At!

Planning Your Scout - Know How to Read Sign

• Animal tracks are obvious signs, but you should find

out where it has been, where it is going, and why.
Learn to distinguish old sign from new.
Planning Your Scout - Know How to Read Sign
Planning Your Scout - Know How to Read Sign

Animals don’t hide their poo!

Planning Your Scout - Know How to Read Sign

Locate your
stand/blind
downwind of
a prime
terrain
feature that
will focus
deer
movement.
Planning Your Scout - Know How to Read Sign

Look closely at buck rubs--gouges made by tines

are great clues to the size of the rack.
Planning Your Scout - Know How to Read Sign
Planning Your Scout - Know How to Read Sign
Planning Your Scout - Know How to Read Sign

Turkey-Dust-Bath-Bowl. Signs of Turkey - click

Planning Your Scout - Know How to Read Sign

Get tight to roosted birds.

1) Set up on the short side
of terrain from a roosted
bird. Gobblers will fly down
to the high side of the
ridge. 2) Note where they
take wing to fly up. Then,
set up at that spot the next
morning. 3) Rake away
noisy leaves so you have a
clear path. Slip in silently
before dawn.
Planning Your Scout - Know How to Read Sign

Most deer, when

pressured, are going
to head for home.
They’ll seek out those
thick, nasty areas
where they feel safe
and secure. And that’s
where you must be
waiting.
 Planning Your Scout - Know How to Read Sign
How to Hunt It: Position
your stand/blind —on
the outer edge of the
best cover available in
your hunting area. The
key is to place the stand
so that you have good
visibility but are very
near the thick tangle
that deer are heading
for. Edges are natural
routes of travel for
whitetails, and the
added visibility will
increase your effective
shooting range. It’s
critical to get into
position long before first
shooting light.
After you have scouted and planned your method of hunting – go hunting!