ive been waiting for someone else to put up somthing about hunting near bedding areas!!!..yes i do..in fact last weekend i got right up on top of there bedding areas..i went in there at about 5:30 and at 7:50 that ol 10 point came walking about 30 yards from my stand heading right towards the bedding area (which i hunt)..he was toast..but if you want to know if hunting near bedding areas at night is a good thing..yes indeed it is..