Deer relationships with rivers?
I knew a deer that once dated a river - but it ran away.
Seriously, I ABSOLUTELY love hunting creek bottoms! I used to hunt a piece of property in Williamson County (IL) that had a mostly dried up creek running thru it. The bed was maybe 40 feet wide or so but usually just had a little trickler running thru it.
I always set up on that bed. It is so easy to see were the deer have moved by their clear tracks. I would get downwind and off the bed a ways and just wait. That place was a real jackpot!