RE: Rut hunting: Field Edges or Timber ?
I've had my best success hutning a breakline (where hardwoods meet thickets).....on the downwind side of the thicket.
Whichever area I think will hold does.....I'll set up on the downwind side of that area....and wait. ANY doe travel route will be a good spot, too. Best bait a man can have right now is does. I'm really thinking the bucks' normal patterns are almost useless right now. Sucks. I finally found one I want.....and he's about to go scatter-brained.