Now is the time to be out and about, using your optics for some summer scouting.
Is it best just to drive around and use a spotting scope, or is it better to walk to good glassing points and begin there? It all depends on how and where you will be hunting later in the season.
Bowhunter‘s Tony J. Peterson has six tips for glassing summer bucks.
Summer scouting conjures images of vibrant green alfalfa fields and red-coated bucks lazily chomping. But those same bucks get thirsty, and while watching the buffet is always a good idea, don’t forget the water. Bucks often hit water first before feeding in the evening, and that can give you a better idea of where they spent the day bedded down.
A single glassing session last summer in southern Minnesota led me to watch a pond versus the surrounding fields, and the bucks I saw there clued me into movement I had previously ignored. Six days into the season I had a freezer full of fresh venison and 135 inches of antler going to the taxidermist. Watch water sources whenever you can… [continued]
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