Scouting terms and definitions......
01-19-2007, 11:50 AM
#11
Giant Nontypical
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Join Date: Aug 2003
Location: The OH-IO
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RE: Scouting terms and definitions......
Nice list Buckeye, good post again. Helpful as usual. What else should we expect from you right? 
Heck I dont even try posting a thread anymore, I just look for yours
Heck I dont even try posting a thread anymore, I just look for yours
Scouting terms: to add
Licking branches, core area, yarding, backtracking, tracking, shed hunting, sheds, slope, drainage, southern/northern face, finger-ridge, bench, structure, thicket, bluff, gorge, spillway, fencerow, skid trail, community scrape, breeding grounds, birthing grounds, doe family groups, secondary trails, thermals, wintering grounds, slash, clearcut, plantation, orchard,seasonal feed and water sources...too much to list and to lazy to define right now ...
Licking branches, core area, yarding, backtracking, tracking, shed hunting, sheds, slope, drainage, southern/northern face, finger-ridge, bench, structure, thicket, bluff, gorge, spillway, fencerow, skid trail, community scrape, breeding grounds, birthing grounds, doe family groups, secondary trails, thermals, wintering grounds, slash, clearcut, plantation, orchard,seasonal feed and water sources...too much to list and to lazy to define right now ...
LOL.... If we define all of these as well we will have the "Websters" scouting dictionary! Since you are the guru of the mountain whities are you going to define your most often used terms for your country? 
01-19-2007, 12:01 PM
#12
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Northern Idaho's Panhandle
Posts: 4,436
RE: Scouting terms and definitions......
Hey buckeye, guru, I dont think so, simply by default since the majority of the guys on here are midwestern or eastern whitetail bowhunters. I would love to hear from morebig-woods bowhunters though. Whitetails are whitetails and much of our info overlaps while some doesnt apply as much. I always enjoy hearing from TJF on here as well since he hunts such a different habitat than most of us. My fascination with whitetails and the diverse habitats they subsist in keeps me motivated to learn everything I can from you all. The cool thing is ...we all have whities of somesubspecies to hunt.
Definitions..geesh you are going to make me show my work... You sound like a teacher!
Definitions..geesh you are going to make me show my work... You sound like a teacher!
01-20-2007, 03:30 PM
#19
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Pirate on the river Saskatchewan
Posts: 2,167
RE: Scouting terms and definitions......
Mineral licks- torn up patch in the ground that deer and elk use for minerals.
dugout- man made dug out peice of land that holds water. Depth ranges. Usually abotu 20x 60 yards or so. These are often found near farms or may be abandoned in old farm sites in the woods. Critters will water here.
River flat- area surrounding the river. Marchy flooded, willowy junk, cattails, etc. Rude stuff the big boys love to hide in
Run- depression in the land that runs along for some distance often elk and deer utalize these to stay hidden while in the fields as well as the forest.
Fence/tree line- peice that seperates one field from another.
Beaver dams- dams built by beavers that hold water back as well as create a convient crossing for animals.
Beaver Flood- water that has been held back and causing flooding to some areas. This may change deer patterns causing them to funnel to one side or could block you from your stand if a big rain comes. (had it happen b4)
dugout- man made dug out peice of land that holds water. Depth ranges. Usually abotu 20x 60 yards or so. These are often found near farms or may be abandoned in old farm sites in the woods. Critters will water here.
River flat- area surrounding the river. Marchy flooded, willowy junk, cattails, etc. Rude stuff the big boys love to hide in
Run- depression in the land that runs along for some distance often elk and deer utalize these to stay hidden while in the fields as well as the forest.
Fence/tree line- peice that seperates one field from another.
Beaver dams- dams built by beavers that hold water back as well as create a convient crossing for animals.
Beaver Flood- water that has been held back and causing flooding to some areas. This may change deer patterns causing them to funnel to one side or could block you from your stand if a big rain comes. (had it happen b4)
01-20-2007, 04:09 PM
#20
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Indiana (southern)
Posts: 6,146
RE: Scouting terms and definitions......
buckeye, that is a great list. The only thing i can add is,the area i live in is full of old strip mine ground from way back, we have what some call spoil banks. these are long rows of dirt side by side that was left from the old way of digging coal that, now have mature woods growing in them. and strip pits these are water holes left over from the old mining operations. combine the strip pits, spoil banks and flat woods and you have some pretty nice hunting ground.
Dan
Dan