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Re-Use of bed Study

Unread postby DaveT1963 » Wed Feb 17, 2016 5:40 am

I am curious if anyone has set up a camera on a "primary" bed and actually documented how often the same buck used that same bed? I am talking the black flash, set and leave it for a year kind of thing. If so, that would be valuable info. If not, that might be a great study to conduct?


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Re: Re-Use of bed Study

Unread postby Stanley » Wed Feb 17, 2016 5:59 am

I would love to see some pics of the same thing. I have set cameras up on beds but unfortunately the buck that used the bed was killed by other hunters. For me to find a bed that a buck uses regularly and live an entire year is not probable. Most of the bucks I get on camera are killed by other hunters in fact.

Every few years I get pics of a smart old buck that lives to see 6.5. In fact I'm following one now. I almost killed him in 2014 but didn't get a clear shot at him. I have never found any of his sheds or where he actually beds. He covers at least 6 different properties that I know of and never presents a pattern for me to follow. He is still alive as we speak a neighbor just sent me a picture of him.

Another thing to note he has went downhill rather than ascend in antler size from 2014 to 2015. It is not often possible to keep good track of some bucks as they are on properties I can't go on. :think:
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Re: Re-Use of bed Study

Unread postby dan » Wed Feb 17, 2016 9:50 am

I have not done it... Would like to find a primary bed where I don't hunt to do it on, I have seen a few areas that almost always have a deer in them, but not always the same bed.

I got some pic's from one of the members that im sure is NOT primary, its in grass that would not be there late season in an open area in Michigan pressured land... Im not sure how long the camera was out, but it has pictures of 3 different bucks using the same bed. The biggest one is there the most often, and the smallest only once. The second smallest seems to be more dominant than the larger one, kicking him out... Bucks were bedded there: Oct 17, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, and Nov. 5th
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Re: Re-Use of bed Study

Unread postby Stanley » Wed Feb 17, 2016 10:37 am

I think it would tough on public ground for sure. You don't want other hunters finding your camera/bed. That even holds true on the private properties I hunt. I don't want the other guys finding cameras and seeing what I'm up to. They also tend to traipse into the areas more when they find a camera.

That said if I had a good bed and was confident I could kill a buck out of it I would set a camera up on it for sure. How cool would it be to have the buck hanging and a picture of the buck in it's bed? I'm to the point in my hunting career that cameras set up and getting buck pictures is as much fun as killing the buck. I'm much older than most, so I'm sure some guys can't relate to this. It's all about the fun, is it not?
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Re: Re-Use of bed Study

Unread postby ozzz » Wed Feb 17, 2016 11:04 am

dan wrote:I have not done it... Would like to find a primary bed where I don't hunt to do it on, I have seen a few areas that almost always have a deer in them, but not always the same bed.

I got some pic's from one of the members that im sure is NOT primary, its in grass that would not be there late season in an open area in Michigan pressured land... Im not sure how long the camera was out, but it has pictures of 3 different bucks using the same bed. The biggest one is there the most often, and the smallest only once. The second smallest seems to be more dominant than the larger one, kicking him out... Bucks were bedded there: Oct 17, 22, 23, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, and Nov. 5th


That's pretty cool.

I wish I had one of those cell cams, I would be much more apt to do it then. Can't say I believe I have any spots that bucks bed on on that regular of a basis either though (that I know of).

It would even be cool to do in a doe family group bedding area.

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Re: Re-Use of bed Study

Unread postby Hawthorne » Wed Feb 17, 2016 11:06 am

I'd like to do it on a few beds I might not hunt. Whats better Intel than knowing when a buck beds where.

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Re: Re-Use of bed Study

Unread postby Edcyclopedia » Wed Feb 17, 2016 11:28 am

dan wrote:I have not done it... Would like to find a primary bed where I don't hunt to do it on, I have seen a few areas that almost always have a deer in them, but not always the same bed.



Use one of Mario's Buck Beds - problem solved, no need to thank me :mrgreen: ;)
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Re: Re-Use of bed Study

Unread postby Stanley » Wed Feb 17, 2016 11:42 am

Edcyclopedia wrote:
dan wrote:I have not done it... Would like to find a primary bed where I don't hunt to do it on, I have seen a few areas that almost always have a deer in them, but not always the same bed.



Use one of Mario's Buck Beds - problem solved, no need to thank me :mrgreen: ;)


Brilliant, how come I can't think of stuff like that? I blaming age. ;) :lol:
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Re: Re-Use of bed Study

Unread postby DaveT1963 » Wed Feb 17, 2016 11:50 am

That's awful big of Mario to volunteer like that :)

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Re: Re-Use of bed Study

Unread postby dan » Wed Feb 17, 2016 11:52 am

That is a great idea Ed! 8-)
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Re: Re-Use of bed Study

Unread postby mainebowhunter » Wed Feb 17, 2016 12:16 pm

I keep mulling the idea of putting a cell camera right on a bedding area...found 3 beds in it. I know a 6.5 yr old is using it. (if he is alive) he will be 7.5 this year. I could be wrong on age...but at any rate, is a brute. I believe got the same buck on cam in 2013 as a 3.5. Got daylight of this buck in this area this year. Never hunted him.

There is an apple orchard back right on the edge of bedding. Big primary ground scrape that opens each year. I think it would cool to get buck using the bed, go in and try to kill him the day you see him in that bed.
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Re: Re-Use of bed Study

Unread postby DaveT1963 » Wed Feb 17, 2016 1:04 pm

Im really leaning more towards just studying the bedding habits of mature deer. All kinds of new research but very, very little on actually bedding

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Re: Re-Use of bed Study

Unread postby mainebowhunter » Wed Feb 17, 2016 2:07 pm

DaveT1963 wrote:Im really leaning more towards just studying the bedding habits of mature deer. All kinds of new research but very, very little on actually bedding

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Re: Re-Use of bed Study

Unread postby DaveT1963 » Wed Feb 17, 2016 6:06 pm

mainebowhunter wrote:
DaveT1963 wrote:Im really leaning more towards just studying the bedding habits of mature deer. All kinds of new research but very, very little on actually bedding

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Eye witness accounts are not as trust worthy as believed. I take my notes on what I observe but I would actually like to see a telemetry study showing bedding preferences based on wind, repetition, age, etc...

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Re: Re-Use of bed Study

Unread postby Divergent » Tue Feb 23, 2016 3:35 pm

I think someone on here bought a wireless camera back in the spring or summer. They posted a few pics from the bed, but I'm not sure how long they kept the camera at that location.

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