Stand on bedding....

[zeus1gdsm]

So I'm debating trying to find a tree at the edge of a massive 5-6foot tall grass field.... Tracked a deer we found blood from a neighbor must have shot the other day. Didn't find it. But did find this huge network of trails and large beds in this area we have never touched of the property.... Also some rubs in some crab tree clumps we tracked through.

Is it worth it to try and find a tree at the edge the woodline of this bedding area with one of the highways in range for rifle? Or should I just try and find a tree well inside the woodline looking over a trail coming in from the field?

Problem is there is about 10 good trails in current use from the field into the woods.

I was thinking a tree om the edge where I would have a shot onto one of the highways.

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[Gencountyzeek]

As long as the wind is good I would put a stand up overlooking the field.

[moog5050]

Just a thought but if it's definite doe bedding, I would look for lighter trails just inside the wood line downwind of the predominant wind.  Then set up downwind to shoot that trail.  Assumption being that bucks will cruise that inside trail to scent check the bedding area.  

If the goal is to shoot a doe, then I guess you could set up over the bedding trails. 

[QDM4ME]

So long as you can approach the stand without alerting deer in this bedding area, I don't see any harm in hunting those runs on the wood line, as long as you play the wind. Sounds like a good spot to catch a buck scenting does. This time of the year I've had great success hunting the known doe bedding areas. 

Also a good idea to try hunting in between food and bedding too if you can find a good tree, and again, approach it without being detected. 

Good luck

[zeus1gdsm]

Yeah access to the line and interior woods would be from withing the woods. Typically downwind.

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[Doc]

Just because an area is dense, do not assume that it is automatically a bedding area. I have seen plenty of deer bedded down in open hardwoods using these thick areas simply as travel corridors and much of that travel happens at night. This is where trail cams would give you a heads up on how the area is being used.

However, if you have jumped deer from their beds in that area, or you have found a significant number of beds in the area don't let that rule the area out for hunting. I have had a lot of successful morning hunts getting into these places first and having the deer coming in to me.

[zeus1gdsm]

Would u say that on average deer are coming or going from bedding areas in the morning?

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