Iswoody, Picture a funnel \/ it can be alot of things in the woods. Anything that narrows down their route of travel. Where they cross a creek or river are great funnels.You have a large set of woods that fingers down into a hedgerow through a field. They are going to try and stay in cover. A few trees down along a travel route that they walk around instead of jumping over is always a good one.
If you live where there is snow down this is a great time to find funnels without even trying. Walk through the woods and pay attention to where the deer trails all start coming together. There usually a reason why. You ever notice you'll be walking through the woods and all the sudden there are deer tracks everywhere? That's where you need to stop and figure out why, and where you can place a good stand.
The one hill I hunt has very steep ridges and a couple spots that allow easy travel. The ridge is about a mile long 99% of the deer travel goes through three spots because of this.
Here's a link that might help you identify stuff off a topo map.
http://www.bowsite.com/bowsite/featu...pos/index.html