How Bucks Choose Their Bedding Areas

How Bucks Choose Their Bedding Areas | Buck Bedding 101

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Where do bucks bed? See how bucks choose their bedding areas and select beds in the areas I hunt.
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In this video. I answer the questions:
Where do bucks bed in hill country? Where do bucks bed in the mountains?
This is all Buck Bedding 101. In this video, I answer these questions and more by showing you how bucks use the wind, thermals, thick security cover, and hunting pressure to decide where to set up their beds. Once you know this, it finding buck bedding gets a lot easier to do.
Mature bucks learn over the years how to master the predominant winds and the thermal wind effects in an area. The older a buck gets, the smarter he gets. This video will show you the basics of what a buck uses to find his bed and how you can use this to find buck beds and then hunt them.
Finding areas that mature bucks bed and identifying buck beds can be tough if you don't know where to start. This video will show you the beginner basics you need so you can understand what bucks are looking for and it will help you in the next video when I show you how to find buck beds on a map.
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@user-iu2ce6ld1p 8 ай бұрын

Awesome video! I went out for the first time scouting the other week. Found a few beds. Hiked up the mountain and i found what looked like a bed, exactly the situation what you called the military crest. Stumbled on it twice bit thought that theres no way a buck would bed there. Looks like i’ll be setting up my camera up there

@theeverydaybowhunter 8 ай бұрын

Awesome! Yeah, a lot of times they will bed in a spot that offers a lot of visibility and the military crest does that, while simultaneously giving them a wind advantage. That can be a tough hunt. Getting in on them close enough for a daylight shot and not get busted can be hard.

@user-gd5gx1do3d 8 ай бұрын

love your videos man! I hunt the pa mountains also, been after the same buck going on 3 years now! Hopefully this will help me locate his bedding area better and get him on the ground this year!

@theeverydaybowhunter 8 ай бұрын

Good luck! Look for food sources close by they can feed on close to potential bedding too. They get up and move around throughout the day but usually within 200 yards of their beds. I’ve often found a rub or two close by as well.

@outdoorhabits Жыл бұрын

I love your videos! Super formative!

@theeverydaybowhunter Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

@anthonysantillo1358 8 ай бұрын

Great info.U hit it right on the money.Thank U

@theeverydaybowhunter 8 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thanks!

@tylerodle1535 Жыл бұрын

Good video very to the point and no filler words. Would like to see some real life scenarios/ videos / pictures of your experience with buck bedding.

@theeverydaybowhunter Жыл бұрын

I have a large queue of videos coming (most likely in March based on my current schedule) on the physical scouting side. They will show actual on the ground footage and what you can expect to see. Thanks!

@theeverydaybowhunter Жыл бұрын

Actually, my next video covers a bunch of scenarios. When I replied the first time I was thinking strictly about showing you videos of buck bedding I have found and physical scouting. My next video is about digital scouting, but I go through a bunch of scenarios I have hunted and actually close the video with a very specific digital scout and then a physical hunt.

@robbyj1731 7 ай бұрын

Very good video helps me out a lot

@theeverydaybowhunter 7 ай бұрын

Glad I could help! Thanks!

@Shockstar76 7 ай бұрын

Great vid! Just want to see if my thinking is right on your specific white board scenario. How would you approach trying to hunt this specific area where you think the buck bed shown is located. Based on winds and thermals you would get up on the bench from the north or south point I guess whichever offers best cover to approach and hope you beat him to bed so when he gets up you're in range, or not that close and hope he walks the bench towards you based on trail sign?

@theeverydaybowhunter 7 ай бұрын

Yes, that’s a pretty good analysis. I literally did something similar yesterday morning and saw my target buck at 70 yards. Unfortunately he didn’t care about the grunting I was doing lol.

@OscarPerez-mn3po Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the very educational information! Would you please consider providing your viewers Intell on stand placement based on where buck bedding is located. Also, are winter beds different than summer, fall, or rut? Also, in hill country, what type of stand do you prefer, tree stand or blind. Thanks much!!

@theeverydaybowhunter Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the great comment! Yes, buck bedding changes in the different times of year, depending on the area. Smaller parcels of land that restrict their movement will have consistent bedding while areas that are more wide open will see bedding change as food sources change during the year, from their summer patterns into their fall range, the rut, etc. If they have a rock solid bedding area on a point for example, they may stay in the same general area with beds only shifting a few hundred yards throughout the year. It is very situational. For stand placement near bedding, I try not to get closer than 100 yards, but terrain can drive you to being as close as 50 or as far away as 200 yards when hunting it. I go through a setup like this in my Plan Your Hunt video if you haven't seen it. Check it out here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hrWhZcV23brMiI0.html As for stands in Hill Country, I have hunted with a climbing tree stand for years, but have switched to using hang and hunt stands and I did quite a bit of saddle hunting this year so I have more options when trying to hunt closer to bedding. I haven't used a blind myself, but my brother and Dad both took down nice bucks this year in the mountains of PA hunting tree seats with small mobile blind setups on the ground. I have more videos coming that goes into more detail on this stuff. My how to find buck bedding on a map video is being edited right now. I am almost done. Thanks again!

@OscarPerez-mn3po Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the rapid response, detailed answers, and a link to one of your videos that discusses this topic. It’s so helpful! Could you please provide a link to the blind your dad and bro use around their tree seat? Thanks again for sharing your great tactics!

@theeverydaybowhunter Жыл бұрын

No problem. Here is the link for the portable blind they use: amzn.to/3USZwLC Here is the tree seat they are using too: amzn.to/3YoZga9 I hope that helps!

@richstafford1245 Жыл бұрын

One thing that throws a monkey wrench into this school of thought In hill county is Overlooked areas. I hunted a mature buck for three years on a 100 acre piece of private. I had 30 cameras running at one point and could not piece together where he was bedding. There are multiple points, knobs and military crest benches available,,he used none of them. I ended up finding his bed on a quarter acre knob of thickets behind a gas well overlooking the neighbors house. Probably less than a hundred yards from his back door. The knob allows the buck to move throughout the day to any wind other than east. He has four different escape trails. He is totally invulnerable. Needless to say he still lives on…

@theeverydaybowhunter Жыл бұрын

That's the one thing about small parcels like that, that have habitual hunting spots. If a mature buck has made it through a few seasons and is still alive, he has found the optimal place to escape hunting pressure and still enjoy cover, concealment, and a wind advantage. For every rule, there is a specific situation that drives them to a unique spot and that spot is the reason they are still alive. Great comment! Thanks.

@route-249 8 ай бұрын

That's great for mountains, but I live in Ohio. If you can find a hill higher than 4 feet you have found a huge hill. Usually I see on average 2 feet of elevation change in my hunting area and it is a gradual transition. I have yet to have someone tell me where bucks like to bed except in islands in cattails. We also do not have any of that around my area either... It's mostly ag land with sections of woods in the middle of the mile squares. So what is the 101 for that type of scenario? Any ideas???

@theeverydaybowhunter 8 ай бұрын

Yes, in this case the first thing you need to do is identify the area where they are not bedding. If you have a lot of terrain that looks the same and is open, write that off. In AG country, those swaths of land in between fields are the only places they can bed (outside of bedding right in the standing corn or bean fields). A lot of times while corn is still standing they will bed right in the middle of things, but close to an escape route with the wind at their back and then relying on their vision and hearing for security. Look at the travel routes and trails they are using, setup observation hunts where you can scan the area they are coming from in the evenings. This is a big indicator, especially if there is limited bedding terrain. The same things apply though. They will look for a wind advantage where they can see and hear predator's and they will be close to escape routes into thick brush. Where is the thickest, nastiest cover in the area you are hunting? Track the edges and transitions of that and see where the trails lead in and out of it. They will bed in these locations because it is very hard for anyone to sneak in on them. If there are areas like this where there is a subtle elevation increase or decrease, then I would look there first. Anything that can give them the slightest thermal advantage is something to look for. Creek bottoms and oxbows if you have that type of terrain too. Sometimes it can be very simple. A location where they sit just inside of a fence row and can see out but you can't see in. With the wind in their face or behind them. If they can see out, then the wind will be behind them and if they can't, they will have it in their face. This is a general rule as all deer have different personalities. Does that help?

@route-249 8 ай бұрын

@@theeverydaybowhunter I think that might help. Thank you for the information. I'm used to my comments being ignored. It's refreshing to have someone take pride in their channel... I subscribed...

@theeverydaybowhunter 8 ай бұрын

@@route-249 No problem. I appreciate it. Thanks.

@cray-z7404 7 ай бұрын

A lot of times here in central North Carolina flat lands mature bucks bed with water behind them and usually at a vantage point !

@theeverydaybowhunter 7 ай бұрын

@@cray-z7404 Oxbows area great example of that. They do it in the mountains too, but primarily when all the hunting pressure is high. In a flat area, they are looking for anything to give them a security advantage. Great post! Thanks!

@MyVisualRomance 9 ай бұрын

Well I see how this applies in hill country but what about mostly flat land in LA, AL or say south MS?

@theeverydaybowhunter 9 ай бұрын

A lot of the same things apply. This deserves a video by itself as this is a general description of how bucks choose their bedding areas. The concepts stay the same though. You need to look at the prevailing winds and find areas where a buck will have a wind and thermal advantage. Where they can see well and where they can escape and evade quickly if approached. Right now, I would look at transitions and edges that are near food, but especially near water this time of year and into the early season in those locations. Find those small changes in topography where you have a small increase or decrease in elevation that are different than the rest of the landscape and provide a lot of cover. Scout those areas and look for trails tunneling through the thick stuff that would fit antlers. Drainages where a buck can be concealed near water. Oxbows on rivers and large streams are hot spots. But, all of this is really specific to the area you are hunting. The first thing I always do it look at where there is definitely no buck bedding. Create sectors on a map, see what doesn't fit the buck bedding model, and start looking at what does. Sometimes it can be a really small spot in a very large area. This post only covers it a little, but it might help: archeryhunting.com/how-to-find-buck-bedding-areas-using-maps-and-apps/

@MyVisualRomance 9 ай бұрын

@@theeverydaybowhunter Well see thats the problem. I see beds that are all over the place but never consistently there. One year they’re there, the next year they aren’t. Most have no wind advantages and others do. No thermals here as its all flat. Its almost as if these deer randomly do whatever they want, where ever they want and whenever they feel like it or not. There’s no consistent pattern to any of it. I call em Rambo deer. You never know where they gonna be.

@theeverydaybowhunter 9 ай бұрын

@@MyVisualRomance Yeah. That's why I would focus on food and water sources. There is always a reason for where they are bedding. Are there access routes that are used more during hunting season and not as much during the summer for example? Is it pressure related? These are the things I would be asking myself first.