First of all, I don't have time to read the whole thread right now, but did read about the first half of the first page.

I agree 100% with your first post Jeff. This is something we focused on heavily with our property. We already had outstanding bedding areas that were used with frequency, but in my opinion you can increase the carrying capacity by providing that cover. This is what we did. When we had the logging project done on the property, we had a ton of the tree tops moved onto a specific sidehill. The deer now bed there EVERY day like clockwork. Now we have 6 core bedding areas on the property in total, that you can see deer in on any given day. The food plot work we have done has been good because in my opinion we have reduced the deers core area size, they now don't need to roam as far for good food sources. The other thing we have done is make certain bedding areas much more attractive and used with much higher frequency because of placement of the food plots. I have one bedding area that is now probably my most consistent producer of deer sightings that before the plots rarely had deer. Now they are in there every day........because there is food less than 100 yards from it and they don't get pressured on the food source or in the bedding area.