Great Horned Owl

The last couple of years I have heard Great Horned Owls in the woods near my house, Ive seen them in flight as they left for a night of hunting but would really like to see where they sit for the day, where should I start and what should I look for?  This woods is a spruse and hard wood forest with beech, maple and walnute.  Thanks in advance for your suggestions. 

Good question.  I would walk through the woods and look for trees that have a whitewash on the side of them that would be from the owl sitting in the same place for long periods of time.  I will watch for others responses with you.  Welcome toBirder's World.

Whenever I look for owls or hawks, I check for droppings down the trees, as Dave said. Plus, large amounts of droppings on the ground. Keep an ear out for Crows, they can lead you right to the Owls sometimes. I haven't seen a Great Horned Owl in many years, it seems the Barred Owls have taken over much of their range.

When a Owl hoots is it easy to determine where the call is coming from? Because the times I have seen them they are flying from the north of the woods to the south, and yet their calls seem to be coming form the south. frustrating.

My rule of thumb is that when I hear the GHO, he is closer than I think. So I slow down and start looking. You may be hearing more than one owl and I find that they move around quite a bit in a few minute's time.

Too see one in the daytime, listen for crows when you are in the woods. If you hear robust mobbing, there could be a GHO catching a lot of flack from the crows (or jays.)

Thanks alot you've given me renewed confidence, I thought that they were farther away but now I'll be looking closer.  The weather here is very nice and will be for the next couple of days so I'm hoping that I will finally see the pair and mabey even their young.