Dont be real quick to assume theyre staying in the thick stuff.On warmer days I find lots of deer will bed up out in the wide open.Theyve been shot at but they figure out fast that staying in the open they can see anything coming at them.Old fencelines, weed patches, waterways, even just lying out in the plowing.Bad part is they are right, they can generally see anything thats coming at them.We usually locate a deer then try to sneak in close enough for a shot or if we have a couple guys we try a small drive.

I also hunt a lot of slough ground this time of year, they bed off the sides of deer trails in the cattails and if you keep the wind in your favor and go slow they often times wont get up till you almost step on them.Difficult to get a shot sometimes because the stuffs so thick but Ive seen some nice late season bucks killed doing this.

Closer to the end of season I quit worrying about bucks and start concentrating on food sources that does are using, theyll start coming back into the during daylight a week or two after gun season if they arent pressured much in between.