There are only so many beds in a given area, and the best ones go to the toughest bucks. The more places a buck beds, the higher his chances of being found. At least that is my thinking on it.
We're just sharing ideas....which is great. But, I feel exactly the opposite. I don't think there's a buck out there who's never been bumped from a bed. And, after watching the yotes take down that buck (sick or not....it happens), I'm thinking they HAVE to leave more and more scent.....the more they bed in a particular spot. I don't think (again....just sharing an idea) they care to do that any more than is absolutely necessary.
If a yote (or bear; wolf....or any other predator) came into an area a buck is known (by scent) to be using for a bedding area, what's the best chance for that predator to kill him there....on that day? It would be when he was in a particular SPOT. I can't get my mind around a wind being so prevailing as to have a buck's best chance for survival.....EVERY DAY....be to lay in the exact same 2'x4' area. This thought doesn't even come to mind when I think of bucks bedding. To me, bedding area can mean ACRES (and does!). When you think about gentle subleties in wind direction; thermals; relative humidity; barometric pressure; etc.....I think they get to an "area" and decide the spot (on the fly) that best gives offers them protection. I also think they'll move in a heartbeat - if conditions change.....even if it's a few feet or yards.
They do this all night (move from bed to bed). I think they possibly do this all day.....but on a more limited basis...and "as needed".
I'd love to learn something from these cameras you guys are talking about setting. I find it (as I do with most anything to do with whitetails) fascinating.
No...I haven't seen the marsh bucks DVD. I honestly wouldn't know where to find a marsh, around here. I hunt the piedmont area (foothills) of NC.