Some will bed on the high ground but for the most part they will bed on any high dob or patch and the majority of the will bed in blow down in blow downs or actually climb up onto root wads and bed there. They will truley surprise you as to the places they will bed. You would think when you find a dry ridge that every deer in the country would bed there but that isn't the case. You have to get out of the idea of thinking of the water as an inconveinince for the deer. It's completely natural to them and they are unbothered by it. They typically won't bed in groups like they will in some areas at least not until late season when they all start running together. until then they will be scattered around blown downs or high dobs.