I walked the transition lines and checked around each tree and found a crap ton of beds. A handful of rubs too, mostly small but one old one on a bigger tree. I also found some buck turds that looked like they had been laid by a Sasquatch.
Could be beginners luck, and the next 10 spots I pick to scout could be duds... BUT, my point is just from learning here, listening to HB podcasts, and watching dans videos, I did something that I never could or would even think to do before: I picked out an "overlooked" spot that I had never set foot on before, solely from looking at a map. Made my best guess where bedding would be, and 50 yards in off the road I started finding beds. I was kinda shocked.
It pumped me up and kind of solidified the reasons I started down this new path of hunting stradegy. So needless to say, when I hopped out of that gnarly swamp back onto the dirt road and started walking 1/4 mile back up to the parking lot, I was a happy camper!
