Hey Angus...

This is something that I too am working on figuring out! I have found various bedding locations diring my winter/post season scouting. As you indicated, they beds appear to be somewhat random. I keep reading that the key is to find the thick areas, which are by definition bedding areas as deer apparently feel that these areas are the safest! One problem I have this that there are thousands of acres of thick areas within my hunting areas. There are only so many hours in the day, and only so many deer in the woods. Here in NH, we had an " ice storm" that knocked down hundreds of square miles of trees in 1998. Those areas are now...you guessed it...thick (due to the growth of new trees and the old downed trees). This is nice because the deer are doing very well in these conditions (plenty of food and bedding area). It is the hunters that REALLY need to work. I guess it comes back to scouting, patience and persistance.

Is your name a reference to AC/DC...74 Jailbreak?? Rock On!