I found the walking sticks in only two places in Deep woods. One place is at the back of a little round area that's to the immediate right of the entrance of Deep Woods. The other spot that I have seen the walking stick in is in a little area just to the right of the waterfall. They will appears as sticks on the ground that's all by it's self. So you shouldn't have any problems spotting the walking sticks once you come across them. It took me three days of playing the game before I was able to find and collect my first walking stick. :)