My question is how do you know where to go opening morning if you don't do some scouting/recon before the season starts?
That has a lot to do with which season you hunt. If you hunt early before the snow flies they're generally going to be in the same areas year after year, barring hunters bumping them. I just go back to the same spots I've seen them in past seasons and if they're not in the first spot, keep moving. Knowing that just because they're not in a particular spot one day doesn't mean they won't be there the next.
That and find a good vantage point the evening before the opener and see what you can see.
