Bedding areas get talked about like they’re fixed locations, but mature deer don’t treat them that way. Bedding shifts with pressure, wind, habitat changes, food availability, and subtle terrain ...

Where do deer sleep? Well, as every deer hunter who’s ever jumped a bedded buck knows, they don’t do a lot of sleeping. When deer lay down to take their rest, they may dose a little here and there, ...

It's important to know bedding areas for at least two reasons. One, they help a hunter learn the travel routes deer use, and two, you want to allow deer to keep using those areas. A hunter doesn't ...

As deer hunters, we often talk about a buck’s bedding area as if it’s a well-defined spot that an individual whitetail returns to faithfully. If only it were that simple. A telemetry study in ...