“funnels”

The light goes hazy and yellow. We have about an hour to sunset, and there is something in the air. Something anticipatory.

Understanding how whitetails move through your hunting area during the rut is more important than patterning a particular buck or any other factor.

Scrapes are basically “points of interest” along corridors that deer travel at night. Scrapes that draw daytime visits usually offer added attractions.

To get the most out of the rut: Spend your time where the does concentrate, hunt from the outside in and save the high-risk high-reward stands for the last two days.

It may be the easiest time of the year to take a big buck, but let’s face it, you can still screw it up. Here’s how Michael Waddell approaches the rut.

Trail cameras and other innovations have made patterning a buck easier than ever.

You might think I am scraping the bottom of the barrel to write about a bore guide. Back when I got started in all this hunting and shooting stuff the only folks who used bore guides were the benchrest crowd.

Here are your best days to hunt whitetails in 2012.

Check out our American Hunter video insights in Whitetail Season with Bill Winke: Funnels