Funnel question?
 

I'm embarrassed to ask, but could someone explain what a funnel is and how to identify one. I know it's something to do with a deer trail, I would like to know how to find one.

RE: Funnel question?
 

Imagine, if the woods you hunted were shaped like an hourglass, that is big woods on one end, big woods on another end, and a thinner strip of woods inbetween with fields on each side. The place where the big woods narrows down to the thinner strip is called a "funnel" because the deer will want to travel back and forth between the woods without going into the fields during daylight hours. This causes them to "funnel" through that narrow strip.
Look at aireal photos of your hunting area and you may find a couple, just to note not all hunting areas have funnels that are as noticible as the one I explained.

RE: Funnel question?
 

Thanks! That's a strategy I hadn't even considered before. I really appreciate it.

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Funnel can also mean if your land has a large hill AKA ridge on it. There are ussaly spots where the land will sort of dip or meet with another hill and turn. This creates a funnel that water comes off the hill in when it rains hard. That is the easiest way to find them. Deer will use this path to move from one hill to another without walking out into a feld or just before they cross a field so they can check it out first.

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hehe.... its a small v-shaped plastic thing with a hole in the bottom, connected to a tube. pour beer into it and lift over your head and slurp...sorry ...gulp gulp gulp.You do after the hunting day is over.

Do they still do that today...That was many many years ago...Just had to say it.

RE: Funnel question?
 

It's been a few years since I've "funnelled" beer myself. My buddy still has one in the garage.

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problably used it to change oil in car by now...lol.. Ahhh the younger years...lol

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The beer funnel you are talking about is stilled used a lot. Now days its called a beer bong.

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we call it a 'beer bong'

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And beer pong:D someone has to know what im talking about..

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It's simple, think of it this way: You are hunting a 10 yd. wide woods patch that's about 20 yds. long that connects two big wood lots. That's what we're talking about

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Anything that influences deer travel can be a funnel....... A creek crossing open fields.......... A thick ridge in open hardwoods........... A low spot in a river...... The end of a lake....... And many more.......

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<----- beer pong world champion

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OK I totally get how a deer funnel is defined and what one looks like, but it seems that everyone mentions it having something to do with a field. What if your hunting where there are no fields?? Just mountains and hardwood forest. That makes it alittle tougher to identify in my opinion you just have to stumble onto a spot where deer cant or wont travel on each side, but have a strip of flatland or cover or some kind of terrain to make them travel through th middle...right??

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Read my post above

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Anything that changes deer movement and restricts it to one area. A hole in the fence, a saddle or a bench, a line of thickets in a open hardwood,a low depression, or creek bottom. I once hunted a line of pines that flanked an old logging road coming off a mountain in the middle of hardwoods. The deer poured down it at night prefering the cover of pines to the open woods.

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the other way to look at it is, when deer get spooked or when hunting pressure is evident they will use a revine or a finger that juts out into a field to get from pt A to pt B...i am currently hunting a revine that connects to a finger (area of woods that juts out into a field) and you wouldnt believe the deer traffic commin up and down this area, hopefully thats been of some help