I got to thinking about the concept of "Bedding" and "Feeding" areas and how they might apply to where I hunt. In south Texas the terrain is rather dense brush that in my area consists of cactus and mesquite trees. There average heigth is about 12-15 feet. There are a few other tree and shrub types here and there but in my case a clearing is either man made or small in size. I attached a pic from my 12' tripod to give you some idea of what I'm trying to describe. What you can see goes on and on to Mexico and or the Gulf of Mexico. Watch that bull, he's mean! And the feeder is legal but seems only hogs and cows come to it in the daylight this year.

My question is how do you determine where the deer bed and where the deer feed when everything is pretty much the same thing for hundreds of square miles? On the arial picks of the land on Terraserver.com you can see how the land drains and a concentration of denser growth. It looks like creek beds in the pic but when you bust your way into those locations they turn out to be just slight depressions in the ground rather than a creek. In La Salle county you can harvest no more than 5 deer. Of the 5 deer you can harvest no more than 3 bucks. This is deer country and a score well past 150 is common. I'm just not seeing much of anything and probably should put together a new game plan. What features would you look for in this case? This land amounts to 250 ac. and is fenced to control cattle but not high game fence. There is water on the property but it's going fast this year and may go dry soon.

Thanks