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Offline seansfire

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Anybody out scouting yet ?
« on: January 20, 2014, 06:32:32 AM »
Just wondering if anyone has gone back out scouting this year yet ? Or is it too soon still ?
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Re: Anybody out scouting yet ?
« Reply #1 on: January 20, 2014, 06:46:58 AM »
I have been. It's never too early.

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Re: Anybody out scouting yet ?
« Reply #2 on: January 21, 2014, 05:28:26 AM »
Best time to scout is right after the season for whiteys...snow on the ground you can go in and not worry about spooking bucks find scrapes, rubs, bedding areas and highly used trails will tell you alot about the deer in your area and how they use it. I mark bedding sites, scrapes and rubs and high use trails on my gps and refer to it if I hunt there.

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Re: Anybody out scouting yet ?
« Reply #3 on: January 21, 2014, 07:15:35 AM »
been out as of yesterday.  just another hike in my honey hole.  found no horns yet will be back in there in a couple of weeks.  cameras go up next month.

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Re: Anybody out scouting yet ?
« Reply #4 on: January 21, 2014, 07:31:40 AM »
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Re: Anybody out scouting yet ?
« Reply #5 on: January 22, 2014, 04:22:24 PM »
I never stopped.

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Re: Anybody out scouting yet ?
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2014, 07:34:31 AM »
I am in the woods I hunt all the time. I never go on "scouting" trips, but am there, and "a good hunter always hunts" according to my grandpa.

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Re: Anybody out scouting yet ?
« Reply #7 on: January 23, 2014, 07:48:18 AM »
Define Scouting.    If I am in the woods, I call it living. 

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Re: Anybody out scouting yet ?
« Reply #8 on: January 23, 2014, 07:52:04 AM »
Define Scouting.    If I am in the woods, I call it living.
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Re: Anybody out scouting yet ?
« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2014, 08:12:48 AM »
I am usually in the woods year round, slower this time of year but still going out. Plus you can always pack a rifle to shoot cougar, bobcat, yotes, etc.- so there is lots of hunting still to be done if you really wanted!
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Re: Anybody out scouting yet ?
« Reply #10 on: February 20, 2014, 08:22:30 AM »
I am starting next weekend
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Re: Anybody out scouting yet ?
« Reply #11 on: February 20, 2014, 08:36:09 AM »
I am in the woods a lot still but I can't access most of my preferred deer or elk areas because they're pretty well snowed in for the winter.  I don't have the time to hike in for 8 hours.

Last weekend I found a new area that I'm very excited about for next year.  It's where I believe several bucks live that I could only catch on camera here and there last summer.
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Re: Anybody out scouting yet ?
« Reply #12 on: February 20, 2014, 08:43:06 AM »
No off season for me!
https://www.howlforwildlife.org/take_action  It takes 10 seconds and it’s free. To easy to make an excuse not to make your voice heard!!!!!!

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Re: Anybody out scouting yet ?
« Reply #13 on: February 20, 2014, 09:20:56 AM »
Another month for me.

 


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