When you’re scouting and find individual deer beds, which show up as oval depressions where a deer has laid down, your first question is apt to be, Is this a buck bed or doe bed? The surrounding ...

Out in a sun-drenched, overgrown grass field, I find small beds, which indicates a small deer – perhaps a mom and her young. I find deer hairs in the matted-down beds. Dogs can be a big asset in ...

Bucks will bed in high ground in and around swamps. Photo by Honeycutt Creative When hunting swamplands, it’s crucial to find high ground within wet areas — little islands of dry cover surrounded by ...

“They are going to find places where they find food and bedding ... During rifle season, hunters should not overlook any areas where deer may bed. Gustafson remembers one of his buddies getting ...

deer bed down in sheltered, woody areas to rest and digest. Eating quickly, then retreating to safety for digestion is a predator escape mechanism. Jennifer Smith is a behavioral ecologist at UW ...