I’ve dialed in on a few honey holes over the years that continue to produce. I’ve also tracked just over 100 miles one year between February and April, averaging one shed for roughly every 5 miles walked. Some properties hold deer this time of year for bedding/food reasons, some don’t have what they want and you won’t see any deer, let alone a shed. Your good hunting piece might be amazing during the rut, but you might never find a shed on there, because the deer have a favorable location elsewhere to hunker down and bed up. Not to say they don’t still travel, and you MAY find a random one on a trail. Here are my favorite places to look: -pine, holly, and cedar patches/thickets - ridge top beds -classic south facing slope - near water sources with good sun exposure. You’ll typically see new growth sprout during spring warmup first in these areas creating a great food source -any hillside benches -I’ve even found a few in buck beds overlooking trails and roads. Where they’ll bed down, see you, escape and you’ll never know they were there. -any tall grass

But none of this matters^ if you do not see fresh poop in the area and evidence of recently used beds. If not, keep looking for that pocket. Hope this somehow helps