I don't hunt mountains but I do hunt river bluffs with high hills and deep valleys and crop land in the river bottoms and after 15 years of hunting this terrain I have finally resolved to eliminate hunting in bedding areas. Deer bed on these elevations for a reason...security. They bed with the wind at their back to smell anything coming behind them with their eyes focused down below where they can see any danger approaching and I can tell you that these deer are long gone before you ever think about reaching the bedding area. I've seen it when buddies would hook up with me after a hunt and would spook deer by the herd through the woods and when they would get to me several minutes later that had not seen a thing. Sometimes you just have to wait until the rut to bring them down during shooting hours or you risk blowing them out for good and ruining your season not being able to get a monster you never even saw but one who darn sure had seen you.