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Know Your Property
By Ken Piper
Once you learn the food sources and have an aerial photo of your hunting spot, then it's time to walk the property. Treat your hunting property like it's your house. You want to know every inch of it. While walking, look for the various food sources that you've studied and learned to identify.
If food is available, look for deer tracks, fresh droppings, empty hulls of corn (where applicable), or fresh bite marks where deer have nipped weeds, leaves or other browse. Deer hunting is like taking a course at school. The more you learn about the deer's behavior, the better you'll be as a student of the game.
Mentally, try to think that you are that old buck and someone is out to get you. Keep your house in mind. Do you think he's going to be sitting in the wide open living room or hiding in a corner of the attic?