Just moving the cameras around and with feet on the ground figuring based on the time the likely bedding areas, the staging areas and the food sources. I was planing on hunting so I didn't go right after the exact bed, but as I gained info I was narrowing things down too the point that I suspected this one little patch out at this point. Anyway I waited too long and they moved closer to the food source:
So I had a few hours for scouting today and it snowed so and headed back to the general area I was setting up in before they vacated. So first I skirted to make sure, because if they were back I'd figure the bedding and make a set off it. But all I found were coyote and turkey tracks. I looped around and headed to the bedding to find the exact bed with an idea of figuring the set for next year.
There's additional info from observation sets that I'm not going to include but from the bed and all the scouting I have the staging off the bed before he cuts across the marsh to the preferred food source for the time I plan on hunting it next year. I also have the cam locations for next year and the set and the route in mapped out.
But the biggest thing is the bed. I have to say I'm very anxious about my huntin when I haven't dived in and found the exact bed.
Now to find the bed off the late season food source.
