Favorite terrain feature?

[SEMObowhunter]

Just wondering what everyone's favorite terrain feature is? I'm a public land hill Hunter from southeast Missouri and seem to have my best luck hunting saddles in ridgelines. I like them better if there is thick bedding cover in close proximity, like a clearcut for instance. My next favorite is the middle point which falls right into the head of a long holler. Bucks seem to gravitate to these and cross the ridge on either side of this point. Which is normally a saddle. So the two go hand in hand sort of. I don't have much experience with river bottom, ag, or swamp/marsh hunting. I have done some hunting in northwest mo in Atchison county, about a quarter mile south of the Iowa line. Really like the rolling hills and it's amazing how deer can hide in such open country.

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[Bucky]

Inside corners (interior)

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[mheichelbech]

Inside corners (interior)

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How far inside do you normally hunt one?

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[JoeRE]

I like saddles as well. Subtle ones that don't show up on a topo map, so no one else hunts them, with the right combo of bedding and food on both sides depending on time of year. Keep in mind funnels like every other terrain feature are only as good as what they connect and how little they are pressured.

I also like ditch crossings although it can be tricky to pick the right crossing, every deer in hill country has to cross ditches.

[Zona]

JoeRE,
I have seen you mention ditches before. Could you give me an example of what you mean? Are they the same as a deep cut or ravine? Or something totally different?

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[SEMObowhunter]

Good point JoeRe. The heads of a ditch will usually have a good trail around it. These are very good funnels, especially if it's pretty steep to the crest of the hill.

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[xpauliber]

The area I hunt in PA is littered with logging roads, some of which have been cut into hillsides but are now overgrown and become flat benches on the side of a steep hill. These are almost always in big woods settings and give me somewhat of a funnel in an otherwise featureless terrain.

I guarantee if you find one of these benches, they will be littered with scrapes in about 2 weeks.

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[Twenty Up]

Creek bottoms hands down, especially loaded with oaks. Hunt just outside of the thicket with a favorable wind when the White Oaks are raining down and you're fixin' to have a good day.

[mauser06]

Pretty sure what joere is calling a ditch is a cut into the side of a hill...wet weather ditch...erroded through the years...often littered with some rock and downed trees and steep sides...not always...but you get the idea....deer can cross them ANYWHERE for the most part..but generally they all cross in the same areas...if found major trails up and down them...but like was said the top of it is often good especially if it's a good ditch that doesn't offer deer a place to cross it...they HAVE to go above it or below it..if they run the thermal tunnel they are much closer to the top...

Here its hit or miss...a lot have heavy trails in a few spots on the same ditch...getting the RIGHT trail can be tough...

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[Stanley]

Give me a thick understory. I love the thick brush with a nice hardwood canopy.

[deereload]

1} edges of creeks
2} inside corners of two intersecting corn/ bean fields
3} saddles

[E72]

The area I hunt in PA is littered with logging roads, some of which have been cut into hillsides but are now overgrown and become flat benches on the side of a steep hill. These are almost always in big woods settings and give me somewhat of a funnel in an otherwise featureless terrain.

I guarantee if you find one of these benches, they will be littered with scrapes in about 2 weeks.

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X2 . Found one scouting a few weeks ago . Old scrapes all over it. Will hunt it in a week or so if conditions allow. I also found a great ditch or deep ravine crossing . Perfect rut funnel in big woods . Both spots are over a 2 mile hike in.

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[wmihunter]

Overlooked terrain :)

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[Edcyclopedia]

A deer zoo!

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[SEMObowhunter]

A deer zoo!

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I like these!!

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