#1842138 - 03/17/10 03:00 PM
Best Terrain Feature
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TN RDG RNR
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Registered: 06/28/07
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Loc: Rhea County
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When your looking for a spot to hang a stand which terrain feature seems to work best for you.
I like narrow ridge tops preferably with steep deep washes on both sides. Something I can sit to either side and shoot across with my bow. I believe my scent rises in the morning with the thermals and will follow the wash down the ridge away from me in the evening.
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#1842152 - 03/17/10 03:06 PM
Re: Best Terrain Feature
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Coach
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Registered: 12/02/07
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Loc: Pall Mall, TN and Dexter, MI
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I only hunt funnels..so, once I get 'em patterned I try to hunt where I can oversee a few coming together...some for morning, some for evening...I'm speaking of archery hunting.
Gun hunting, I hunt the exact same spot every year because at least 10 funnels come into the area...it's on a hill overlooking a field and boths sides down into a holler....and, I can shoot a long distance, I have to be there every day because in my area they cycle and I have no "home grown" bucks to speak of...here today, gone tomorrow....
I don't hunt food plots or natural food, water, salt, trophy rock....I just hunt the area, wherever that may be, where funnels come together regardless of terrain.
Edited by Coach (03/17/10 03:16 PM)
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#1842268 - 03/17/10 04:17 PM
Re: Best Terrain Feature
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BigWes50
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Registered: 03/04/07
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Loc: Chattanooga, TN
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I love thickets no matter where they are and if I can find where several different ecolines come together that's the ticket for me
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#1842304 - 03/17/10 04:39 PM
Re: Best Terrain Feature
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whistlinwingman
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Registered: 07/11/05
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Loc: Morristown
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Funnels. I got a ridge that acts just like an exit or entrance ramp. It is not a steep grade even though the other sides of the ridge are steep. The bedding area is about 150 yds from the ramp. Deer coming to or from the fields tend to use this ramp. It pinches together at one point and is about 50 yds wide. I have two stands on it to compensate on which way wind is blowing. This is my archery setup.
For rifle, I move to the top so I can see and cover more ground.
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#1842335 - 03/17/10 04:57 PM
Re: Best Terrain Feature
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gator-n-buck
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Registered: 10/22/08
Posts: 14908
Loc: Knox, TN / Palatka, FL
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Saddle or bench.... is what I like to hunt.... Creek crossing are pretty good also...
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#1842482 - 03/17/10 06:15 PM
Re: Best Terrain Feature
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RAFI
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Registered: 12/20/09
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Loc: Tn
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I like horse shoes in a ridge they funnel deer into a smaller area for bowhunting.
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#1842505 - 03/17/10 06:42 PM
Re: Best Terrain Feature
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nate17
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Registered: 08/06/09
Posts: 1154
Loc: Illinois
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im gonna start archery hunting from my boat.
Ive figured out that deer dont actually reside on lbl during daylight hours...
so my best shot at harvesting a mature buck would be to try and catch em coming across the channel going back to christian and trigg co. to lay down for the day.
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#1842506 - 03/17/10 06:43 PM
Re: Best Terrain Feature
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Beekeeper
Good ol' Boys "Team Buckcreek"
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Registered: 08/26/09
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Loc: McMinn Co. Tennessee
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Clear cuts with a hardwood border. I hunt the transition between these areas.
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