RE: placing a tree stand a bedding zone or a main run
STAY AWAY FROM THE BEDS. Put your stand up a good 100 yards away from the bedding area and watch the wind. If you mess up where they sleep, you will change their patterns entirely and it will be really tough to get one. I would hunt it in the morning - go in at least an hour before sunrise and wait until at least 11 or 12 before I left (if I wasn't staying in the stand all day). If possible, do not walk along their trail to get to your stand. I hope this helps and good luck.