The hill country I hunt has zero ag......no ag for 50+ miles so the deer rely on acorns and natural browse. The deer are pressured pretty good so outside of the rut, the deer don't move much at all before sunset and will have plenty of food to browse on all around them. They stand up and stage in the general area they are bedding and wait for dark. Knowing that, I obviously try to hunt the ridge I think the deer are bedding on. So to your point, yes I am hunting the expected parallel movement on the ridge I am hunting.
