The two best sources I use for scouting is trying to find and talk to the local school bus drivers and rural letter carriers. If you are new to the area hit a barber shop.
I had a friend who was the school bus maintenance supervisor for a school district in central Kansas. Worth his weight in gold. First the drivers spend every day driving the back roads and know where they see birds. Better yet, most of the drivers were the wives of local farmers. We got on so much unhunted land it was almost sinful. If you can make the intro, these guys are a gold mine. If you're nice, you might even get an invite to hunt.