I hunted a new property tonight and have a question. I saw 5 doe come out of a bedding area on the southern most end of the cornfield, cross the field and go into an area of hardwoods east of their bedding area,about 200 yrds.

My question is, will these does use the same bedding areas at the same times of the day? If I hang a stand closer to where I saw them tonight, will they use the same route every evening?

Thanks in advance for any help.

It's always hit and miss. Sometimes they will use the same route alot, other times you wouldn't think there was a deer in the woods. Move and try it, what do you have to lose?

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Deer generally have cycles they go through. The problem that you will run into right now as far as patterning deer is with the rut going on, they are less likely to follow any set pattern. Some does that are not at all in heat may still, but it is guess work right now. They good news is that it is a bedding area, so if they don't use it some other deer may.