Quote Originally Posted by Stevens View Post
Quick question here, in general, how far are deer willing to move from a bedding area to a food plot, and how far will bucks move during the rut. Also, do bucks move as little as possible early in the season to stack up calories?
depends on pressure. deer that are not pressured can bed in the food or very close. on private land i have seen deer lay in a food plot or on the edge all day long. in heavily pressured public land that i hunt in kentucky i have seen deer go over a mile up to two miles to the food. deer can cover that distance surprisingly fast after dark. i have set stands over a mile away and watched them go through the timber to the fields. keep moving your stands farther away till you get to daylight sightings and never challenge the wind.