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Funnels are bottlenecks that are formed where open fields, lakes, rivers and other obstacles force deer into a narrow area of cover. Set up your stand to over look these areas. Funnels are very active areas for whitetails during hunting season. Hunting pressure can keep deer moving all throughout the day through these areas giving the hunter many possible opportunities for a shot. Resist the temptation to leave your stand favoring staying on stand all day.

Saddles are great areas to ambush deer because they like to travel between ridges on the easiest route there is while still utilizing cover. Set up over a saddle and you may well catch several deer using it as an escape route during times of heavy hunting pressure. Saddles are hot places to hunt on opening day of firearm deer season especially.


These shelves (Benches) that lie just below a ridge top are prime areas for deer to bed, feed and make scrapes. These areas are also used as travel routes. Pay attention how wind currents are in these areas when you hunt them. These areas are also good when there is a lot of hunting pressure in the woods.

 

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For what it is worth. I hunted Meigs County for about 13 years. My most productive treestand was dead on top of a ridge. You could always count on taking deer there.

Ed