Locate beds on Topo Maps & Satellite photos

[ravot22]

In a nut shell, how do you locate a bedding area on a satellite photo and what's the best way to locate a bedding area on a topo map?

[TN Whitetail Freak]

Here is my tactic....i look at google maps and look for edges and vegetation change.....but works best is use google earths history tineline feature and you can view the lay of the land back over 15 years ago.....thats how i found all my thickets ......on the recent aerials its faint i went back to 1997 and the cutover was BAM not missable.....try it out

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[Southern Man]

....i look at google maps and look for edges and vegetation change.....but works best is use google earths history tineline feature and you can view the lay of the land back over 15 years ago....

I actually did that today.

I have been looking at a new spot in forested hill country. At the head of a draw, one small spot caught my attention. I went to google earth, zoomed in, and went thru the timeline feature from 1998 until today. Something clearly happened in that draw in 2006, plain as day. It looked like it was clearcut, but that didn't happen. No logging was allowed on that piece of public since the 90's. In the years since, the vegetation has grown back but there has to be an edge along that ridgetop for several hundred yards.

After seeing that, I pick out likely bedding spots on a topo map, and will check them this winter in person.

Look at some of the old threads that Dan has marked up maps for others to get an idea of likely bedding spots based on terrain. It's trial and error. More error for me but that's the only way to learn.

[huntinsonovagun]

How do you find old aerials on Google Earth? Maybe it's not an option on the smartphone app? I'll have to check it out on the iPad tonight.

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[Florida]

How do you find old aerials on Google Earth? Maybe it's not an option on the smartphone app? I'll have to check it out on the iPad tonight.

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You have to download the Google earth program. You can not do it on the web version as far as I know. It's free to download. If you are only using the web version, you are missing out.

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[TN Whitetail Freak]

Its not an option on mobile....you have to be on PC

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[oldrank]

The marsh bucks dvd n hill country dvds explain both very well. If u dont have em get em... there pretty cheap n u will get a ton of info from em..

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[hunter_mike]

On flat ground look for transitions and obstacles such as a body of water or a big wet swamp. Buck beds are often at the ends of points of dry ground going out into a wet or thick area.

Hard to explain in words but the best way to learn is to pick a spot on the map that looks good, walk to it, check it out and repeat. Its fun.

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