Does go from bed to food to bed, rut is right around the corner, bucks will be near the does.

On a really cold , sunshine morning, they'll bed on a South facing slope. If you find a bedding area , hunt near it and not in it. Don't hunt wide open hardwoods, hunt edges and structure. Edges being where mature timber meets logged areas, cedars meet hardwoods, etc. Structure being, hog back ridges, saddles, points, knobs to name a few.

Try to hunt the wind if you can, but you'll soon find in most places it's futile. Swirls and thermals rule the mountains.