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Map scouting

Unread postby Rich3006 » Wed Aug 03, 2022 10:53 am

Ok guys I'm stumped. I rely heavily on map scouting. I'm going on an out of state hunt and will not have boots on ground untill the hunt starts. I generally can find a few places to check out by terrain features.i generally look for draws intersecting etc. This place is flat (no elevation change at all) and mostly forested. What should I look for because I'm lost?


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Unread postby Tennhunter3 » Wed Aug 03, 2022 1:59 pm

I'd look for any type of edge cover.

Or areas where multiple transition types are close together that is difficult to access.
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Unread postby brancher147 » Wed Aug 03, 2022 2:13 pm

Agree on edges. Obvious ones being timber harvest or clearings but also pine/hardwood edges or other habitat edges.

I would also look for points for bedding. Flat points could be swamp points, oxbows, irregular shaped timber harvest, clearings or crops. Any change in elevation even minor can be something to check out in flat land. I’ve never hunted flat land but that’s some of the first things I would look for.
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Unread postby justdirtyfun » Thu Aug 04, 2022 1:20 am

If you get on Google Earth pro, they have a tab for historical photos. So past events like a overgrown cut will show up.
Some show black and white, and some are spring instead of a fall photo etc.
As mentioned, edge of vegetation change will be the important thing on flat ground.
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Re: Map scouting

Unread postby Evanszach7 » Thu Aug 04, 2022 1:03 pm

Access points, then edge. Where's the feeding destination? Break it down into quadrants and do a perimeter scout. If a quadrants perimeter has good sign coming out, dive in.
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Re: Map scouting

Unread postby Bio1 » Thu Aug 04, 2022 2:31 pm

Where you headed? Is it a forested floodplain? Just curious.
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Unread postby Rich3006 » Sun Aug 07, 2022 4:22 am

Bio1 wrote:Where you headed? Is it a forested floodplain? Just curious.


East Central Arkansas. Don't think it's a floodplain.
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Re: Map scouting

Unread postby Andr3wxmma » Mon Aug 08, 2022 11:46 am

Sounds like a few places I hunt, the only good sign / things you can pick up on satellite maps in those are points, islands, and runways in cattails and If it looks good on a map with those things it's probably hunted hard if your area is more remote or farther from beast culture id look for those.

If its a beast hunted area just look up the predominant wind for the time of the year and use that to guess what the deer are doing to avoid but also monitor the hunters. Wind can also help find the cruising side of bedding areas.


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