This year I am blessed to have been offered a free place to hunt in Tn, right on the border of the Cherokee National Forest in Polk County. Now the Land itself seems quite inviting, but I am still rather green when it comes to scouting. Fortunately or (un) I spent the last and only 5 seasons hunting on very familiar land and it was a small 30acres in Mt. Orab Ohio. I am having trouble finding any oaks besides White Oaks, no scrapes yet, no droppings, the water seems viable but its not heavily traveled (from my land access points anyways). I have found some random tracks but they are very few and far between. The trails seem to be plentiful but the signs that would usually accompany them are not being found. Now for my question: What suggestions would you give to someone who does not have the luxury of much more than about 2 days of scouting? Below is the Google Earth pic of my location if anyone would care to give suggestions or critique my current placement. Legend: Red: land boundry Blue: water source (creek) Black: wind direction yellow: trails Black X: current stand Placement Green dot: about 80lbs of deer corn dropped last weekend in prep for this weekend. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated>
I second that. I would not hunt either of those stands in the morning. mI would hunt in the afternoon with the corn. I would come in from the field in the afternoon.
