PSE a funnel is litterally a piece of land structure that force deer to one point, while this can have several trails it looks just like a FUNNEL(neck down of land mass). What your describing: if the hardwoods is a ban that surrounds the field edge, runs parrellell and then enters the thick stuff, sounds more like a staging area but really doesn' t force deer to one particluar location, this would be what I refer to as shadows. Good place to hunt but it really doesn' t have the same effect as a funnel or draw does, since the deer can come out anywhere in this staging area, much like a cutline. What you should look for is points that are jutting out and draws behind these areas on field edges. If the field/bush is square look at the corners as possible draws or high traffic areas. When you have a lack of this structure picking a spot is much more difficult, then you must concentrate on trails and intersection of trails in the staging area.