I go scout my property usually just after Labor Day Weekend and only too see how the stream that runs through the property fared over the summer . A few years ago Beavers moved in and dammed it up and created a nice fishing pond but the stream continues on ! I have a Tree Stand (ladder stand) in the same place for the last eight years - its actually lag bolted to the tree and produces every year consistently so scouting is somewhat a done thing .... I'm very lucky in that regard !