Besides the usual exception, for the most part, questions are not dumb. It's like telling your kid to not ask questions in school because it's dumb. LOL!

Yes, you have it right... back track the trails to see where they head. Often the trails are strong near the feed source, but as you follow them back, they spread out. Bedding areas are not an easy thing to identify at times. Most I see are in areas that are thicker... especially with taller grasses so that when they lay down, they are out of sight and out of the wind, etc. They also have a strong tendency to be at higher elevations than the surrounding areas too. Guessing is part of it as well, because often I can't tell for certain either where the bedding area is. That's where practice, experience and careful observations come into play.

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