This is a great topic, as I also wonder about it a lot. I hunt on a parcel that is only around 40-50 acres and for the most part, I'm not even sure they are bedding on us! I think what we are hunting is just a transitional piece of property between the bedding areas and the food/water source. I mean, there is some thick stuff just off our property line. A cedar thicket that is so thick, you really need to be on your hands and knees to see anything when walking through it. I've walked through it several times over the years just looking for sign, and never really noticed any obvious bedding sign.

I'm also not aware of any cropland within 1/2 mile or further from the parcel that we hunt. When deer feed on us, it's either browse, acorns, or persimmons. So I've always kind of been at a loss as well because I think we hunt on a transitional piece of land!