If you have a good rut funnel......can you over pressure it???
I see both sides...they are on the move...its a funnel..in my case a funnel they have little option to avoid...they are focused on finding does and can look like zombies....
On the other hand they may still cross your tracks or scent pool....
What do you guys think??
I just found a good funnel..Monday between 1230-1530 I saw 3 cruisers pass through there....yesterday a shooter chasing a doe..
I don't want it to go cold but I've now seen 2 bucks I'd shoot...its a good funnel...very small piece connecting 2 larger tracks...if they are moving to or from they are very prone to crossing through...also has good cover....so good its proving tough to seal the deal lol....
I don't want it to fall cold...but I wanna hunt it...unless I'm doing harm...
Thoughts??
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Re: rut and pressure
You gotta hunt it when it's hot. If you're continuing to see action, keep hunting. If it goes cold, move on to a better spot with more action. That's how I'd hunt it, and that's coming from someone who hasn't hunted the same spot twice this season so far
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Funnels are great but don't overlook doe bedding. Some times the girls don't want to be seen by the zombies and hold tight, That's where the big boys will be going to look for them.
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Thank you! Its nice to have a place where hunters of a fellow mindset gather.. I've been a mobile hunter this season and last and boy my deer numbers are through the roof.....compared to my first few seasons...
I just didn't know how it applied to a rut funnel...
Heading there now...windy again...rut or not high winds still seems to dampen deer movement to an extent IMO...
I've searched for years for this funnel.....its not JUST a funnel either...its off the beaten path and pinched off by houses and super heavy red brush... big bucks hole up there as do smart does...
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I just didn't know how it applied to a rut funnel...
Heading there now...windy again...rut or not high winds still seems to dampen deer movement to an extent IMO...
I've searched for years for this funnel.....its not JUST a funnel either...its off the beaten path and pinched off by houses and super heavy red brush... big bucks hole up there as do smart does...
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Re: rut and pressure
Yes.. you can over hunt a funnel during the rut and have it go dry... But, you need to hunt it when its hot, quit hunting it when it goes cold.
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Re: rut and pressure
If you have the right funnel and hunt it properly you can get many hunts out of it. Your approach to the funnel is key. Your wind when traveling to the funnel is key. I have hunted the right funnel multiple times in the same year. The trick is to not get busted by the local does. Does are the key to rut hunting funnels. The buck that goes through the funnel may be a mile away. the local does are living much closer and they are one of the components as to how much pressure you can hunt that funnel.
You can fool some of the bucks, all of the time, and fool all of the bucks, some of the time, however you certainly can't fool all of the bucks, all of the time.
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Thanx guys!! The 4 local does just filtered through... no bucks tonight..gunna sit a bit so I can sneak out after dark...
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