My hunting partner and I failed to draw any special permits, so we will be hunting the general seasons, probably in GMU448 for deer and elk this year. This will be my first year hunting, my partner's 4th. My partner has never had a successful hunt, so I consider him as much of a newby as me. He is partnering with me this year because the guy that was supposed to be teaching him to hunt the last 3 years flaked out, and we are neighbors so meeting up will be easy. We have a few areas in mind to start scouting courtesy of a couple members of this board, so I am not asking for map coords or honey holes or anything. I am curious though what kind of terrain/features should we look for as a good area to hunt? We plan to get in as far off the roads/trails as our endurance on foot will allow. The plan is to start scouting soon here, and possibly even put out some salt licks as bait. Given that both of us are inexperienced hunters any information on how to go about scouting, and what we should be looking for while scouting would be greatly appreciated.
