Scouting before the season starts, even when it is still spring, is a great thing to do. Set up trail cameras, feeders, and other things.
Cameras
Put cameras next to feeders, food plots, water sources, trails and other deer hotspots. If there is a place that has a bunch of deer tracks that you can consistently find fresh ones, look there with trail cameras.
Feeders
Put them where deer will feel comfortable and not scared. As said above, you could put a camera there to see how many deer are visiting it and how often. When it needs to be filled, sneak in as quietly as possible and have yourself scentless. Depending on where you live, deer may be used to the scent of people and not get scared as easily. Or they may not return for days if they see and smell you while filling the feeders in a rural area.
Look For Signs
Tracks, beds, and eventually rubs and scrapes, are all great things to see where deer activity has been and where it is.
