The least place you expect. I see many mature bucks laying up in the middle ofopen fields with a grass waterway and lone tree in middle of it.About 10 years ago I hunted the edge of a cut corn field and watched a monster 10 pointer that was beddeddown in some tall grassby a telephone pole running out toan oil pump. He wouldlift his head up and watch everything that moved. When a car would comedown the roadhe wouldlay his headdown flat until the vehicle passed. He probably did this 6 times in 2 hrs.That huntgave me have a newoutlook on mature whitetail. I always thought they were animals that ate, crapped, breed and hade some tasty back straps on them. They do learn how to survive and thanks to some sloppy hunters many of them get educated.