First things first. Always go into the field scent free and wear boots or shoes with rubber bottoms. Rubber doesn't pick up scent. Scent will mess up any spot you find so you need to be prepared.

The first thing you need to know is where the deer are eating. It could be a field, a grass lot, or some acorns that the trees are dropping. We need to find that first. After you have found the food source  look for signs of deer. The first thing I look for is fresh tracks. I also look for broken branches, droppings ect ect. So look for lots of tracks. If you find just 1 set of tracks don't go getting all excited and expect this spot to work. Those tracks could have been made by a deer who got scared and was forced to run that way. A trick is to look for tracks in both directions.

Deer follow a a daily routine. if you find tracks in both directions you know deer are walking that place twice. There more than likely on there way to bed down and if you find lots of fresh tracks you can be pretty certain that deer are coming there everyday. But how can I tell if the tracks are fresh? Well this is going to take a little detective work. Lets say its raining and you find a set of tracks. How do we know if there fresh? Well old tracks will have turned to puddles. the rain will fill the tracks up with water. If the track doesn't have water in it then you can be sure that it is fresh. Around where I like to hunt we have a lot of clay and soft sand roads. Here's how you  can tell if the tracks are fresh if your on a clay or a soft sand road. Usually on a soft sand road there will be moist sand underneath. If the track is moist then you know its fresh. Tracks that are old dry out in the sun. On clay roads its the same principal. Also cover up tracks after you see them. This way you can see if a deer walked by while you were out scouting. Also its easier to see if they are fresh.

And the last thing. If you are walking to your stand, scouting or  whatever and on the way back you see tracks in your footprints. You know that a deer has walked by while you were there. Because when you step on a track you can be pretty sure you destroyed it. so if there's a deer track in your foot prints, deer were just there and walked on your path.

Enough with the track business. So we found a food source. We have definite tracks and there fresh, where do we hunt? Instead of hunting right on the food source you should catch deer on there way to it. There's more than likely a deer trail nearby and you should hunt that. Make sure you have cover behind you, that you have clear shooting lanes and that you can be comfortable and most importantly SAFE. No deer is worth the risk of a broken neck.
I guess that about wraps this article up.