I have seen many shows talk about summer bedding in fields or marshes, but am still trying to figure out summer bedding patterns in the woods. Would it make sense to check north facing slopes this time of year? Near bodies of water?
Mid to late summer bedding is exactly like mid to late winter bedding...on an edge of some sort, up close to a primary food source.
Because where they're bedding in July (here) is where they will be bedding in September (here) when the season starts. The buck I shot last year was on the same primary food source on October 2nd, that he was on in the middle of July.
Possibly, or even the same type of spot. Checking the same area rather than spot would be a little more feasible. Since things are always changing, shifting, not only throughout the year. But from year to year as well. Knowing a bucks summer pattern is a game changer. It helps you predict and adapt to micro shifts within the core and OF the core itself. Knowing what a buck was doing in July has helped me find him in mid-late October many times.
My place changes this year for the first time in 4 years is a buck area the other years it has been a doe and fawn area. Bucks bring bucks in the fall not does I have learned.
No it is crazy been a few years since I watched a sizable buck waking around during daylight hours see him most nights 2-4 hours before sunset and even before the antlers I looked at the body and said whoa that is a big deer.
Absolutely, same here where I hunt. The weather doesn't get significantly cooler until late October usually, so finding where they are in the summertime definitely translates into season. Hoping to do more summer scouting this year on some new areas...
