RE: Tips on locating bedding area?
Deer in my area is all I can speak for. I am located in the flatlands, no hills to speak of.
With that in mind they seem to perfer to bed in smaller sized thickets. Usually 1/2 - 5 acres in size.
Open fields with uncut hay or over grown fields.
They also spend alot of time bedding in the corn fields.
High earth spots in shallow swamps is a favorite for them if they have access to a swamp.
During the summer it is nothing for them to bed right in the middle of the woods with no real cover any where to speak of.