I went out this morning and the heat was pretty bad. I checked out a small part of an area I have never set foot in before, several thousand acres in size. I knew it was hilly from the topos and it did not disappoint on that account. Most of the area I walked today was just big, open woods. A deer desert. The first area I walked I dropped down into the creek bottom and walked about half a mile. By that point I was pretty hot and having not seen anything to get me motivated I backed out. There was fresh sandy soil all along the creek. I saw a total of one old deer track on that whole walk.
I then drove about a mile to the East and the woods seemed to be getting thicker. I had a couple of e-scouted spots of interest within a half mile so I rehydrated, threw a couple of more waters and a Gatorade in the backpack and off I went. Just past the spot I had marked on the map I found what I was looking for. Three terrain types met up in thick cover. There were two nice white oaks along a bench with a steep hillside above them choked down with dense cover with a steep drop down to a creek below. Along the bench were some historical rubs. From the look of the spot it is a location where a buck was spending some time. A good trail crosses some open ground with thick low cover to the East, enters the thick woods, crosses the bench, and makes its way out into the more open woods to the West. My plan is to hunt the spot at some point during the upcoming season and see if I can intercept a buck in there. I can access it through a deep ravine and stay out of sight. I would rate this spot as a "B". Good enough to put in the rotation if I need a place to hunt while I am leaving my "A" spots alone.
But yes, it is terribly hot and humid.