Most would agree that a bottleneck or a funnel is definitly the best place to hang your stand. A bottleneck has many different faces. It may be where a ridge narrows down to its tightest point. It can be how the terrain contours affecting how deer will use it.(Deer like us and most living creatures for that matter are lazy by nature and will take the path of least resistance from point A to point B.) It could be where a major barrier like a body of water or a super steep ridge cause the deer to go a certain way. During the early and late season I like to hang my stand as close as I feel comfortable to the bedding area in the best funnel I can find. During the late pre-rut, the rut, and the early post rut you will usually find me in the best funnel I can find where hopefully several different woods come together.(My best spots are near small creeks where there are several gently slopping fingers coming off the ridges above.) During this time I don't worry about the bedding or feeding areas as much as my main interest is to be in a choke point(bottleneck) that will allow as many deer as possible to come by my stand. Hope this helps.