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Tony I hear you on the off season scouting, but sometimes it is hard to find the time. I have been hunting the same piece of propety for 13 years. For the last 7 or so we were seeing lots of deer, granted mostly does but thats fine with me. Well the road we use to get in had a new house built on it, this is an area where the deer were bedding, and I think that and all of the noise drove the deer further into the swamp. We have seen very little sign, some fresh rubs, little track, and no scrapes, we usually find lots of track, and scrapes. So we decided to give it some time off this year, and we are hunting a WMA, where we can get deep into the hardwoods away from the parking lot on some good runs. We get in from private property, and during the last week of bow season I was on a real hot run. I hunted three days, and 2 out of the three days i had deer close enough for shots, but one time I ould'nt stand to take a shot in time without getting busted, the second time my arrows ( got 2 shots at the same deer) hit a limb , and a tree. Once shotgun started the deer changed their patterns quick, and I have not seen a deer since. We did find a couple of new places near us, one is litterally across the street from my house, but we are gonna scout it during the spring and summer and hunt it next year. I would love to hook up in the spring and do some scouting with you. Maybe you can come up this way and give me your opinions.
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