We had a good snow here in Southern Indiana near a town called English and I could not wait to get into the woods and do some tracking. I was not disapointed on my long walk with my best Bud Tony. We walked a ridge line and spooked 5 that were beded down out in the open which I thought was odd. There is a pine thicket only a 1/8 of a mile from where they were laying and that is where they fled to. Later that evening I went to a grove of Oak trees and found 8 had beded down there also and were eating some acorns for supper. An added bonus was seeing 2 dozen or so Turkey in the same area,not bad for a great walk about in fresh snow. I know of little in the winter more beautiful than a fresh snow in the woods. Has anyone ever seen a black and white Turkey before? We had one feeding by itself on saturday and it was a good looking Jake . Is it common for deer to bed down in open woods and not in the thickets? They were all doe's by the way.