| Approaching the bedding from unexpected
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| | locations should be approached from the
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| direction could help the hunter. Some
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| | opposite side, or the stalk should be
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| favored bedding area is in the low land
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| | made along the top of the ridge if wind
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| near rivers, ponds and swamps besides the
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| | or other conditions make the former
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| low ridges.
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| | approach undesirable. It is always best
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| Unfortunately there is no hard and fast
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| | to try to approach any bedding area from
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| rule, which the hunter can use in order
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| | an unexpected direction.
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| to locate these resting and bedding
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| | Another favored bedding area is in the
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| places. There is nothing to prevent deer
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| | low land near rivers, ponds and swamps.
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| from lying down anywhere they happen to
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| | Deer often pick wood land meadows where
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| be and they do this very thing during the
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| | the swamp grass gives them concealment.
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| night after feeding. During the daytime
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| | These places are difficult for the hunter
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| rest period, they seek seclusion where
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| | to approach because of the grass and
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| they will be safe from enemies and, to
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| | underbrush which cover such areas.
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| some extent, be protected from the
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| | I have found quite a few deer which were
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| weather. This being so, there is a large
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| | bedded down on points of land that jut
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| part of a herd's range, which the hunter
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| | out into lakes and ponds. The hunter is
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| may disregard when looking for bedding
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| | often tempted to save steps by crossing
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| areas. Open fields, feeding areas, trails
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| | the base of these points instead of
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| that are used by men, and even game
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| | hunting them. By doing so, he is very apt
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| trails are seldom used by deer as bedding
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| | to pass up a good chance for a shot at a
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| places, but they may be used by the
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| | deer. Deer in these places will seldom
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| hunter as starting points in his search.
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| | take to the water when disturbed by man,
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| Tracks found at these places will often
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| | but will try to run past the hunter in an
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| indicate the general direction taken by
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| | attempt to reach the main land.
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| deer on their way to their resting
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| | Points of woods which extend into fields
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| places. It is seldom possible to stalk a
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| | and cuttings, similar to the points of
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| resting deer by following its track to
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| | land which extend into water, are often
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| its bed, for it invariably watches its
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| | used as bedding places, but deer which
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| back trail. The hunter should use his
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| | are in these places are not restricted in
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| knowledge of the area to which the deer
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| | their choice of an escape route. Deer in
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| seems to be heading, in order to judge
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| | these places are difficult to stalk and
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| where the animal might be located and
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| | are a real challenge to an experienced
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| then stalk that area or the most
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| | stalker.
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| promising locations in that area.
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| | Therefore it is very important for the
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| Deer seem to be partial to low ridges
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| | hunter to know from which direction of
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| when choosing bedding grounds and will
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| | the bedding place he has to approach and
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| often use them even when they are near
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| | make the hunter more successful without
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| well-traveled roads. Such places are
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| | much stalking and disturbance to the deer
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| almost impossible to approach from the
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| | before shooting.
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| road without detection by the deer. These
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