© By Othmar Vohringer
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| A heavily used overgrown fence-row. |
To get you one giant step closer to filling your buck tag during the whitetail rut make sure that your stand is set up at the right location. When choosing stand locations think funnels and wind. As bucks frantically travel back and forth in their territory in search of hot does they use funnels that provide them with quick access and cover to get from one place to another one. Bucks are masters at using the prevailing wind and air currents to their advantage to sniff out danger and hot does.
Here is what to look for.
If you did your pre-season scouting you know where the doe bedding and feeding areas are, from there look for features in the landscape that “funnel” deer movement through a small spot between the two locations. Buck funnels are everywhere you just have to find them.
Here are a few examples of what constitutes a funnel.
- Narrow fingers of timber leading out into an open field or connect two larger wood lots.
- Narrow and shallow creek crossings.
- Overgrown fence-rows.
- A segment of broken barbwire fence where deer easily can cross.
- Saddles (shallow points between two hills).
- Woodland corners.
These are just a few examples of landscape features bucks frequently use to access doe holding areas. To make the set up work in your favor make sure you are downwind from the buck travel route. Bucks always travel downwind from doe holding areas to scent-check if any does are in heat yet. If you can set up in a funnel and downwind from the doe feeding or bedding area and the path the buck travels you got yourself a sure-fire whitetail rut setup.
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| Here are a few examples of buck travel funnels. (Illustration © By Heidi Koehler) |
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