RE: How do bucks enter their beds? With or against the wind?
The last buck that I watched "bed up" entered from down-wind (slightly cross winded). He was about a 120 class 8-pt and bedded about 75 yards from my stand.
During the next hour (I tried grunting and rattling, etc but could not get him to come any closer) he stood up and circled his bed about five times, finally getting in a knock down fight with a similarly sized 6-pt buck...the 6-pt did the knocking down...
The fight ended rather abruptly at the arrival of a monster 160-class ten point that challenged both of them (at the same time). They both turned and fled...then I missed the 10-pt with my bow (shot about an inch below him). I'm still looking for him.