Think about which way the breeze or wind is going to be blowing, morning and evening.

I go out for long walks after a rain and check out the tracks. They are coming from someplace and going somewhere. Pick your head up and look both directions and try to figure out where. It may take awhile, but the ebb and flow will eventually make some sort of sense (except during rutting season)

My two cents on bedding areas. Depends on the lay of the land, but they are almost always within a quarter of a mile from where they have been feeding regularly. Someplace with a front and back door, Deer flee they don't fight. Most always someplace with overhead cover (shade), in a hedge on the side away from the afternoon sun. Often on the high side of a steep bank or a sloping bluff. There is often more than one, but near to each other (hundred yards or less). The exception is a Doe with fawn will often find a low spot in high grass to bed down, even out in the middle of an open area with no brush cover, just high grass. There are always exceptions, but if I am scouting for a bedding area, a hedge or brush on the high side of a steep slope is where I look first.