Finding A Buck's Bedroom And How To Set Up

Early last week we were out working on our Bureau County, IL farm and found numerous rubs in a small area and a cluster of beds on the edge of a ridge.
In this video we show how to interpret the sign and how we would set up to hunt that deer based on where we know he is bedding. This strategy works best in October, but any time you find sign like this it can teach you something!
View farms we are working on currently: thewhitetailgroup.com/farms
About The Whitetail Group
The Whitetail Group was created by Bobby Kendall with the vision of becoming the country’s preeminent developer of recreational properties for the ELITE whitetail hunter. Bobby’s passion for the outdoors and recreational development burns so hot that he moved his entire family to the Golden Triangle in West Central Illinois from their home in Up-State New York. Bobby’s entire career has been devoted to honing his woodsmanship skills and continuing to deepen his understanding of the behavioral patterns of America’s most popular big game animal. This knowledge and understanding of whitetails manifests itself in the careful layout and meaningful improvements made to each tract of land The Whitetail Group develops.
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  • @JayCicconeArchaeology
    @JayCicconeArchaeology7 ай бұрын

    Wow there is a lot of really great information in this video! Thanks! 👍

  • @karmas.busdriver
    @karmas.busdriver9 ай бұрын

    I often find lots of rubs near doe Bedding just off field edges, I'll bet I could get lots of night time Buck Pics there. I'd look deeper.

  • @davidrussell631
    @davidrussell6319 ай бұрын

    I’m with @wnyprepper. While a mature buck(s) has obviously spent some time there, bucks don’t bed during the day next to a field, especially where there’s no cover.

  • @matthewbunner4851

    @matthewbunner4851

    Ай бұрын

    its a myth that bucks have to have a ton of cover to bed. In hill country such as WV, bucks prefer to bed on points where they can see with just a little cover at their backs. It doesnt have to be a lot of cover.

  • @curtismerriman9956
    @curtismerriman99564 ай бұрын

    Here in NW Alabama big woods I find areas like that with big aggressive rubs only in rut bed areas. A big buck will wait on the does to come to him in areas like that. But a bucks core here looks entirely different. But I still get excited on any big rubs.

  • @B_r_u_c_e
    @B_r_u_c_e10 ай бұрын

    Thank you. (The music is obnoxious.)

  • @09crazyredneck
    @09crazyredneck Жыл бұрын

    Where can I get the weather app at so I can predict certain days? Great infor!

  • @TheWhitetailGroup

    @TheWhitetailGroup

    Жыл бұрын

    Wunderground.com the website, not their app

  • @ML-ks2lj
    @ML-ks2lj9 ай бұрын

    Where do you find that graph at? I been searching and searching for a graph that shows me the pressure and the temp x and I can never find one hell I'll pay for an app that shows me that.

  • @TheWhitetailGroup

    @TheWhitetailGroup

    9 ай бұрын

    Hey, if you search for our magic, X video on KZread, it will explain how to use weather underground on safari and anchor it to your homepage, as if it is an app

  • @USMC-vp4rr
    @USMC-vp4rr Жыл бұрын

    How many yards would you say the bed was from the edge of field? And Do you typically see deer bedding in layers so does bedding closer to food then bucks behind them or bucks bedding right close to the edge of transitions? Thanks

  • @a3fan11atick

    @a3fan11atick

    Жыл бұрын

    Hey I wouldn’t say it was one bed … there were several beds in a 20-30 yard area on that point .. down out of wind but watching over below. I think it’s kind of random how they bed .. however a mature buck generally seems to bed somewhere he’s learned that works for him over the years to escape from danger .. typically I’d say by himself most of the time and in the most ideal spot around

  • @ML-ks2lj

    @ML-ks2lj

    9 ай бұрын

    Pressure from hunting determines this on public. But 99 percent of the time young deer and doe bed on the field edge or right in it regardless of wind. Bucks will well over 100 yards away from them and always will use thermals and wind to their advantage. If there is a ridge he most definitely walking down that point marking his rut area where he wants to breed and the circling off a bench with the wind crossing his face smelling his bedding area out and the j hooking back up into it and he will bed there off the ridge where the wind is pulling down into a valley or bowl and as the sun comes back up the thermals will rise pushing any scent from down below up the hill into his face where he can see and smell danger along with the wind falling over the ridge top where he can hear and smell danger. Impossible to just walk up on him unless you're coming off a cross wind and moving dead ass quiet. That's where scouting comes into play. If you spook him out and there is all kinds of hunting pressure he might not come back to that bedroom until next season or ever. If it's unpressured he will come back in a couple days or so.

  • @curtismerriman9956

    @curtismerriman9956

    4 ай бұрын

    Pressure for sure dictates where deer bed but bucks will bed on points a lot where does funnel into a field or pinch points, bluff gaps etc. he will make big rubs in a cluster because he is aggressive while he is there. There cores usually have very little sign. If hunters hunted mature buck habitat and not rubs they would kill a lot more big bucks!

  • @matthewgriffin5123
    @matthewgriffin51239 ай бұрын

    where did you find this map of fronts at? been looking haven't found one yet?

  • @TheWhitetailGroup

    @TheWhitetailGroup

    9 ай бұрын

    Wunderground

  • @TheWhitetailGroup

    @TheWhitetailGroup

    9 ай бұрын

    Check out our video called magic x days

  • @jimmybanks9231
    @jimmybanks92316 ай бұрын

    I have rubs all over one side of a my hunting place but not seeing no movement

  • @route-249
    @route-2499 ай бұрын

    So what weather app are you using? I would like to use it.

  • @TheWhitetailGroup

    @TheWhitetailGroup

    9 ай бұрын

    The Weather Underground website. We explain in more detail here. kzread.info/dash/bejne/fZ6nldtup6vYltY.html

  • @route-249

    @route-249

    9 ай бұрын

    @@TheWhitetailGroup I'm going to assume you have the premium package because my screen on the free app doesn't look like yours or work like yours.

  • @TheWhitetailGroup

    @TheWhitetailGroup

    9 ай бұрын

    We don’t use the app we use the website

  • @route-249

    @route-249

    9 ай бұрын

    @@TheWhitetailGroup yea, I see... it basically looks the same, but i don't see how to make the shortcut. still, very awesome!

  • @Canadaman4403

    @Canadaman4403

    9 ай бұрын

    Question for ya my son spotted a Whitetail buck in a dry slew bed surrounded by thick cover a low spot with hills around it I went in a week later to set up a trail camera and I almost stepped on him at 5 yards into the wind. What do you think the odds are he will come back? He did stop 30 yards away and looked at me for a few seconds and then disappeared

  • @collinolson3027
    @collinolson30272 жыл бұрын

    How many yards off would you typically set up off a bed?

  • @TheWhitetailGroup

    @TheWhitetailGroup

    2 жыл бұрын

    It depends on time of year… October … I’d know where he’s bedding and try to get set up on the closest scrapes over food .. evenings only for most of October….

  • @wadesoutdoors1914

    @wadesoutdoors1914

    2 жыл бұрын

    What weather app was you using ?

  • @sacredknoll848

    @sacredknoll848

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@wadesoutdoors1914 hes using weather underground i believe.

  • @BoworBustOutdoors
    @BoworBustOutdoors9 ай бұрын

    That area isn’t nearly thick enough for a buck to be bedding there. He’s definitely bedding close by but likely in much thicker timber. Those beds you found are likely doe beds.

  • @TheWhitetailGroup

    @TheWhitetailGroup

    9 ай бұрын

    This is a misconception … big mature deer love big open hard woods where they can lay and see ranger … trust me I’ve killed several big mature bucks living in wide open hard woods!!

  • @richstafford1245

    @richstafford1245

    17 күн бұрын

    @@TheWhitetailGroupI agree. I think people undervalue the importance of visual security with bucks. They love to be able to see a long way. That said the sign can be misleading as well. You might find the same situation with no rubs and assume it’s doe bedding. Not always the case. If there is only one mature buck in the area he doesn’t have the competition hence little or no sign. The situation you found is likely several decent buck competing in that area. I found young buck will tear everything up regardless but more mature animals leave sign for a specific reason ie competition from a similar age class animal.

  • @sandracurrie5904
    @sandracurrie59049 ай бұрын

    Interesting, informative video, but the background music is annoying. Just your voice would be much better.

  • @EinsteinTeachedYou
    @EinsteinTeachedYou Жыл бұрын

    He's not bedding there. He is heading from the field back into woods. Nite time rubbing. He probably beds 200 yards down

  • @austinshipman9216

    @austinshipman9216

    10 ай бұрын

    I’m with ya on this

  • @jacobjanka7578

    @jacobjanka7578

    10 ай бұрын

    Would those beds be doe beds then?

  • @dustinhogue6057

    @dustinhogue6057

    10 ай бұрын

    ​​@@jacobjanka7578 possibly but does where I hunt bed in a small group with fawns you'd see more bedding spots than 2 when locating bedding where I hunt. You'll often find your buck beds 200yds or so from doe bedding

  • @rmvb619

    @rmvb619

    9 ай бұрын

    Rubs are so hard to read . Look so good but just tell you they passed by.

  • @ML-ks2lj

    @ML-ks2lj

    9 ай бұрын

    ​@@jacobjanka7578yes most likely rubbing because he wants to breed them. It's his mark saying these are the doe that are mine. Doe bed right off he field and bucks will find some thick nasty stuff 2 or 309 yards away. Might be young bucks bedding there but most likely doe having multiple beds right on the food source.bucks bed away from them

  • @brentbuss4421
    @brentbuss44218 ай бұрын

    Anyone know the app he's using for the weather?

  • @TheWhitetailGroup

    @TheWhitetailGroup

    8 ай бұрын

    It is a website called Wunderground

  • @Packingout
    @Packingout8 ай бұрын

    Turn the music up a little bit next time. I could still barley hear you.

  • @tonyviers-de9qi
    @tonyviers-de9qi9 ай бұрын

    So you’re walking through his bedroom spreading your scent everywhere?

  • @TheWhitetailGroup

    @TheWhitetailGroup

    9 ай бұрын

    Yep!

  • @tonyviers-de9qi

    @tonyviers-de9qi

    9 ай бұрын

    @@TheWhitetailGroup have you killed some big bucks?

  • @TheWhitetailGroup

    @TheWhitetailGroup

    9 ай бұрын

    Yes sir !

  • @tonyviers-de9qi

    @tonyviers-de9qi

    9 ай бұрын

    @@TheWhitetailGroup good to hear. Hope you get a giant this year

  • @RKLIFE17
    @RKLIFE178 ай бұрын

    Not thick enough for mature buck bedding

  • @user-zk2pz1pb3v
    @user-zk2pz1pb3vАй бұрын

    You gonna coach them to kill a buck 😂

  • @mikebaker1044
    @mikebaker10449 ай бұрын

    He gets stupid when the rut comes in

  • @kevintabor6586
    @kevintabor65867 ай бұрын

    I just couldn't take the music

  • @dustinhogue6057
    @dustinhogue605710 ай бұрын

    Your music ruins this video

  • @barbalato5
    @barbalato510 ай бұрын

    You stumble into a bedroom of a mature buck you better hope that you leave no traces of your scent. He smells you he ain't going to be there in a month

  • @TheWhitetailGroup

    @TheWhitetailGroup

    10 ай бұрын

    Sorry I would disagree with that .. prob be back that same night . Thanks for watching

  • @barbalato5

    @barbalato5

    10 ай бұрын

    @@TheWhitetailGroup He would probably then realize someone else was there. Cant hunt at night. Big fantasy states dont have same pressured deer that NY or PA or Michigan have for example. They get wise real fast

  • @dustinhogue6057

    @dustinhogue6057

    10 ай бұрын

    ​@@barbalato5 same way here especially on public. Everyone here in Texas and Arkansas hunts major pressure. He smells you he'll ghost you.

  • @nickbeam6442

    @nickbeam6442

    6 ай бұрын

    @@TheWhitetailGroup bucks return to their bedding area regardless of scent they can tell how long it was you were there, their nose has way more power than a humans so I agree walking around won’t hurt unless your hunting him consistently and leaving so much scent you make him uncomfortable.