If I understand the lay of the land correctly, you MAY have found a night time bedding area. Beds near food fources are often used at night, or within a few hours of sunrise. These beds are often along or practically on top of deer trails; and they are usually used by does.

Daytime beds are usually in secure areas; thick woods, brush, swamps, large open fields. Daytime mature buck beds are often well away from other deer and humans or human activity.

Deer don' t always bed in the same area; bedding sites depend a lot on the weather. Deer like to get out of the wind, cold, heat and heavy precipitation; so they bed in different spots according to the weather.

I' d do a little more scouting (watching) to determine which deer are using the area, and at what time.

If this is a night time bedding area, you could set up between it and the daytime " core area" to hunt the deer in the morning.

I' ve got some stuff posted on core areas, bedding areas and Patterning over on the " T.R.' s Tips" forum, come on over and read it.

T.R.