black-rose, I assume you're talking about turf, of course, right? If so, then when the grass/dirt is super dry (at the peak of summers), it's going to be next to impossible to go after deep coins, without leaving a trace. For that reason, a lot of guys don't do park turf in the peak summer month. Because yea, the soil doesn't cut like butter, and doesn't repack, like moist turf does. And the grass therefore in-your-divot will die easier, etc....
So sometimes I just save my turf hunting for the moist seasons. And at this time of year, hit other type venues (old town urban demolition tearouts, beaches, ghost townsy ruins type spots, etc...). Or hunt parks that have a better watering system so that the soil is moist (enough) year round. But for the parks that .... by this time of year .... get crumbly dry, then no, good clean precise plugs get nearly impossible to keep neat enough to re-insert back into the ground.
