Ol' Ben's First Buck Bed?

[ol_ben]

I went out last weekend on my second scouting trip to the 2000+ acre public piece I'll be hunting this year. You'll notice from the picture of the entire thing that I have barely scratched the surface. You'll also see that I haven't yet made it far from a parking lot, primarily because I have not had a large amount of time to scout, and secondarily because there was recently flooding that made its way into a lot of the river bottom area of the property that are normally dry. Anyway, here's the whole thing, followed by a zoomed in view of the cattail marsh where I think I found a decent buck bed.

[Stanley]

[ol_ben]

I went out last weekend on my second scouting trip to the 2000+ acre public piece I'll be hunting this year. You'll notice from the picture of the entire thing that I have barely scratched the surface. You'll also see that I haven't yet made it far from a parking lot, primarily because I have not had a large amount of time to scout, and secondarily because there was recently flooding that made its way into a lot of the river bottom area of the property that are normally dry. Anyway, here's the whole thing, followed by a zoomed in view of the cattail marsh where I think I found a decent buck bed.

Whole Property


Zoomed in view of the marsh

On the north end I found the first sign of what looks like a decent buck bed. See the following pictures:

Bed (trees are directly south of the bed, I'm standing just W of the bed)

View from bed: North


View from bed: South


View from bed: East


View from bed: West


First, does this look like a bed worth hunting?

Second, what wind would a buck use this bed on?

[ol_ben]

:clap:

Ha, you beat me here before I got everything into my post :) I hit submit before posting pictures of the bed and views from the bed. Anyway, take another look now that I've got pictures up and let me know if I'm dealing with something real or a bunch of garbage!

[tgreeno]

If the beds are wind based (which not all marsh beds are) then he would bed in the north bed on a northerly wind. And the south bed on a southerly wind. Based on your 2 red dots.

You observation stands should work if they're no too close. Sit and see what happens. Then move in for the kill!

[Lockdown]

Just curious... what did you find for buck sign In and around the bed(ding area)?

[ol_ben]

Just curious... what did you find for buck sign In and around the bed(ding area)?

Only large tracks. On the path into the thick stuff on the edge of the woods. No scrapes, rubs, or scat/hair in or near the bed.