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One of my favorite things to do during the summer is fulfill those buck and bull filled dreams by going out and pinning down those big guys for the fall season. Most guys tend to take scouting lightly, and use the excuse that the animals probably won’t be where you scout them come season anyway. However, if you scout properly, efficiently and in quality areas, your chances of success during your fall bowhunt increase tremendously. 
When I do my scouting it depends a lot on what my target species is, so I have broken it down to specie-specific scouting, and how I go about it. Mule Deer For muleys, these are the things I look for; 1) Seclusion – Plain and simple, big bucks live in big country, as far away from disturbances as possible. I try as hard as possible to both hunt wilderness when possible, or find little pockets tucked away from the people where big bucks feel most comfortable. These areas will need to have shade, and protection with good vegetation. 2) Quality food during the growing season – Big bucks need quality food, and the time when I care most about finding the good food, and where it is during the velvet growing months. These areas will not only hold big deer, but concentrations of deer, because good food draws the deer. 3) Get a visual - To me, more than any species it’s very important to pattern a buck you want to harvest. It’s very important to find a buck that meets your standards, and learn his habits very well. By knowing a bucks behaviors and tendencies, you increase your likely hood of arrowing him substantially. Joe
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