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.

A bedded whitetail deer spends most of its time resting and digesting, but the can fall into a deep sleep, even with their eyes open. Join the 1871 Club Now : Members-only Hats, 2x F&S Issues ...

When it comes to mule deer hunting, snow is always a welcome addition to the landscape. Not deep snow that piles in drifts against the tent wall, but just enough to create a light background that ...

Often, bucks will feed before bedding down, which puts me on high alert. Although the buck’s bed was frozen by the time I reached it, the track leading from it was crisp. It was clear that the buck I ...

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.

"Before I could put my gun down, I heard another deer behind her, and in the same hole was a rack. I double-tapped on him just to be sure, and he fell right on top of her. I got two deer on one hunt." ...

“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 ...

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.