Finding deer bedding areas are like finding gold mines, however, if the area is not hunted properly then your efforts of discovering one will be lost. Just follow a few key rules and you will be able to harvest the buck that has been constantly slipping through your fingers season after season.

1. Set up your stand according to the prevailing wind direction and only hunt that stand in the most ideal conditions for you. One whiff of you and a mature buck might never return to the deer bedding areas again.

2. You must beat the deer to your spot. Unfortunately this could mean sitting by 3:30 AM. If you think that you will be too late then don’t bother sitting there. That is the time to sit farther away from the deer bedding areas on a trail to their food supply.

3. Do not over hunt the stand or go there more often that necessary. Stay clear of the area well before hunting season starts, so make sure you have everything set up. The best times to hunt it is the rut so stay clear until that time, there is no need to let the deer know you are near the deer bedding areas before that time.

For more guidelines to follow and tips to locate deer bedding areas near you visit:

Hunting The Bedding Areas of Whitetail Deer.