Yea ,I agree.

I used to make this game harder than it needs to be – rub lines, ridges ,scrape-lines, funnels, food patterns, moon, temp, gravitational pull , bla..bla…bla…… I am not saying you can’t use these, or that guys aren’t successful doing so, but it can be much simpler IMO.

For the past 7 or 8 years all I ever hunt is bedding areas. I pretty much ignore everything else, and it has worked out very well for me. I am either right on the edge or smack dab in the middle. It doesn’t matter what they did at night, where they ate, what rub or scrape line they worked – when the sun comes up their coming home.[8D]

The big drawback is that it is high impact hunting – easy to ruin a spot. So you need to have many stands set up on different bedding areas and all sides of them. And all this work has to be done well before the season – winter is best.

I also take a lot of chances with the wind – that’s probably why I get busted more than most. On an afternoon hunt I never want the wind blowing directly from the beds to me – safe yes, good no. Older bucks don’t like the wind at their backs and will often exit the bed via the oposite side you are on. So I play a cross wind or a wind slightly angles into the bedding area – safe no, good YES. I have taken a good number of bucks that where just 20 degrees or so from my scent . Talk about being nervous…LOL

Give it a try and good luck