There are specific places where deer tend to bed down for the day, and knowing these top bedding areas is a huge advantage when you want to fill a deer tag. So, let’s get right to them.

Deer are “crepuscular” prey animals with eyes that work best in dim light. ... During the day, deer bed down in sheltered, woody areas to rest and digest. Eating quickly, ...

You have to first know where the deer travel, where they bed down, and where their food source is. You can only learn this by spending time in the woods. After snow covers the ground, ...

During the day, deer bed down in sheltered, woody areas to rest and digest. Eating quickly, then retreating to safety for digestion is a predator escape mechanism.

By 4 a.m. on opening day, Hillside Doe was bedded down in her safe space, as if someone had “texted her a message deer season was about to get started,” Dr. Diefenbach later wrote on the blog.

“It took nearly three hours for him to close the distance. He fed and bedded multiple times, worrying me if he would make it to me before dark.” At one point, with only 30 minutes of shooting light ...

You have to first know where the deer travel, where they bed down, and where their food source is. You can only learn this by spending time in the woods.