RE: Rut hunting: Field Edges or Timber ?
I usually end up in the timber. We did have one year that we killed 3 mature bucks from the same tree in a two week period in IL that was a thin treeline with fields on both sides. No real "timber" anywhere around, just ribbons of cover along a winding small river.
I will say that if sightings drop dramatically indicating lock down, it is time to get out into the open and set up in a small ditch, fence row, draw etc.