In the river bottoms that I hunt, it is 27,000 acres of public ground that is all virtually identically. I have never seen anything that resembled a bedding area. they just don't exist there. for a large portion of the hunting season, the majority of the area is under water and we hunt in the water most of the time. The best hunter I know in this area actually go up river early in the year until he finds the water. Not to hunt just in front of the water as it comes down but to actually hunt in the water. These deer are nomadic by there very nature and don't bed in particular area. Also, the entire area is covered with Nutall, white oak, red oak, and over cup acorns and most years you literally can't step anywhere in the woods without stepping on acorns. So keying in on the food source is next to impossible. A deer has to walk by 1000 acorn trees to get to the one you are hunting. It's difficult hunting at best, but there are some good deer in the area. the only way I have ever been able to kill deer in this area is to scout a lot and hunt any unique terrain that you can find. Most of the time if you find the deer, they will be there for a day or maybe 2 and then you might as well move one because the deer already have. The most succesful technique that I have found is to hunt an area where I think the deer should be based on experience and if I don't do any good, I get down and start walking until I start jumping deer. When I start jumping deer, I climb a tree and wait. Most of the time those deer will come back or other deer will come into or through the area. The other areas that I hunt are just like other have described. You find the food source, you find where they are bedding and you put a game plan together based on food and bedding areas and hope there is some sort of terrain charactersitic that gives you an advantage.