http://westvirginiahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/13/spring-deer-scouting/ Online Hunting Magazine Thu, 03 Nov 2011 03:44:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://westvirginiahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/13/spring-deer-scouting/comment-page-1/#comment-152 Rusty Sun, 15 Mar 2009 15:02:07 +0000 http://westvirginiahuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/13/spring-deer-scouting/#comment-152 I live in maine and have been watching the deer in my area. I have found alll the regular traveled routes and the snow is slowly thawing. I was wondering if anybody knows how (or have any advise) much theses trails will change over the summer. I have good info that the land is protected from development. Logging seems to have been done 3-4 years ago and human intereference to the area is minimal. Should I stick to the routes or try and find less traveled trails and scout them. It has a trifecta of feed, water, cover and my stand is in the middle. I have photoed 18 different deer that travel only 10 feet below my stand. for several weeks now at all times of day. We took a count yesterday afternoon and had a head count of 33 off a field edge where the snow is gone exposing grass and hemlock branches that have fallen over the winter. It seems to have been a good winter for them this year. Last year at this time the count was 19 on a average day. Thanks for any advise. I live in maine and have been watching the deer in my area. I have found alll the regular traveled routes and the snow is slowly thawing. I was wondering if anybody knows how (or have any advise) much theses trails will change over the summer. I have good info that the land is protected from development. Logging seems to have been done 3-4 years ago and human intereference to the area is minimal. Should I stick to the routes or try and find less traveled trails and scout them. It has a trifecta of feed, water, cover and my stand is in the middle. I have photoed 18 different deer that travel only 10 feet below my stand. for several weeks now at all times of day. We took a count yesterday afternoon and had a head count of 33 off a field edge where the snow is gone exposing grass and hemlock branches that have fallen over the winter. It seems to have been a good winter for them this year. Last year at this time the count was 19 on a average day. Thanks for any advise.

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