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Scouting Hunting Spots

Understand how to evaluate potential hunting areas and what to look for once you’re there.

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3 Mule Deer Habitat Features To Look For

Duration 04:29

Learn more about how to key in on mini promising pockets within bigger basins, open cover, and escape routes.

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How To E-Scout: Set Up Your Tools

Duration 19:02

Follow along as Cody Rich shares how to:

-Set up an organized folder system in the Hunt App.
-Use the Area Shape Tool to highlight promising areas.
-Build routes with Routebuilder and estimate ‘level of effort’ using the Line Distance Tool.
-Get the most out of your Waypoints with the Radius tool + custom colors and icons.
-Leverage must-have Map Layers.

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How To E-Scout: Find Potential Areas

Duration 52:49

Learn how to break your e-scouting into phases to make it more manageable. Cody Rich walks you through his process for finding units, identifying promising areas within those units, and keying in on specific drainages.

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How To E-Scout: Pore Over the Map

Duration 27:20

Now for the meat of it: See how Cody Rich uses onX Hunt tools to lay out specific plans for areas he wants to hunt. This is his end-to-end process for building a hunt plan.

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How To E-Scout: Polishing Your Plan

Duration 19:51

With your rough draft hunt plan documented in the Hunt App, get Cody Rich’s advice on how to apply the finishing touches, from polishing your access routes to getting clear on your day 1 priority spot.

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Essential Elk Hunting Map Layers

Duration 11:54

Dive into recommended Hunt App Map Layers for elk hunting, including those related to private vs. public, access, slope, burns areas, and more.

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E-Scout for Glassing Knobs

Duration 03:44

See how to find ridge systems that will help you pick apart the land for critters.

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Likely Bedding Locations

Duration 01:50

Understand how to analyze terrain and slope aspect to pinpoint areas where elk are likely to bed.

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Elk Scouting in Plains vs. Timber

Duration 02:47

Scout effectively by glassing and planning spot-and-stalk routes in open country, while focusing on calling setups and tracking signs in thick timber.

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