Man, I don�t think they come lay down in the exact spot every time. I also think you way overthink this deer hunting stuff. But if it makes you happy, and you enjoy racking your brain over the exact spot they sleep, when, and why, have at it.
And beds that are 1500� apart, I bet you�d do better playing the lottery as to bet that�s the same deer.

we used to dog hunt an i have jumped as many as 6 bucks within 30 ft of each other this time of year

imo , deer do not just randomly lay down . when they lay down theres a reason they are there. i've seen them come to the same patch of sage in a clear cut day after day . you find a beeding area theres a reason it there .

weather will make them change bedding spots . so i dont know if over thinking it is a bad idea , one thing for sure luck will only get you so far . some point if you want kill deer ever year you got to know the deer habits .

I�m aware of all that. His post sounded like he was talking about a specific buck and finding his specific beds hundreds of yards apart. Maybe I read it wrong?? If somebody knew a deer that well and wanted to kill him, it would�ve been done already.

Since deer spend 80+% of their time bedded, I spend a lot of time around "bedding areas" (think cutovers). I'm not interested in laser-specific beds though because in Alabama I've seen no pattern to their bedding. Crap, I've seen them feeding on white oaks in open hardwoods before, lay down and stay there 3 hours, but they certainly don't bed there daily, or maybe even ever again. I think they just bed "where they are". Alabama deer are so random, impossible to pattern. Today he's right here in that cutover, tomorrow he's across the highway on your neighbor, the next day he's a mile away from there, just like roaming nomads with no purpose. He gets ready to bed, flop, wherever he is. You have a 2,000 acre hunting club and the same buck is all over that land from day to day, gone completely for two weeks, never see him in the same place twice. But being on or near a general bedding "area" is high percentage....most of your overall deer population will generally bed in that big cutover persay, but it doesn't mean the same deer(s) will be there repeatedly.

Not to say it's the same deer all the time, but I've always been of the opinion a certain area can draw deer to it, such as a good bedding area. Just like you kill a turkey off a certain ridge and there is another one there 2 days later gobbling his head off. Or pull a big bass off a stump and there is another one there the next day.

Some areas are just a magnet for wild critters.

I�m aware of all that. His post sounded like he was talking about a specific buck and finding his specific beds hundreds of yards apart. Maybe I read it wrong?? If somebody knew a deer that well and wanted to kill him, it would�ve been done already.

I beg to differ. A few years ago I found a real nice 8 pointers bedroom . I just happened to be in the right spot at the right time when I saw him standup to stretch and lay back down. It was totally inaccessible by man without him knowing you were coming well in advance and there were several avenues of escape. I had to have a certain wind to even get remotely close enough to get a shot. It finally happened the 1st week of January and the Good Lord blessed me with a really nice, old 8 pointer. I went the euro mount way, but had the taxidermist age it for me. It was aged at 6-7+ years old. I posed the question on here a couple of years ago pertaining to that buck's bedroom. When a big buck is killed, will another buck take over his preferred bedding area? I've been hunting for over 40 years and prefer hunting old deer. A lot bigger challenge by far. Off soapbox carry on.