Casey Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 I just set up a Moultrie trial camera on a fence post, where a bean field in located. There used to be a gate there, but not anymore. Just a wide open area now for easier access for the farmers to cut the beans later this fall. I have noticed a big trail going to the beans from where some of the food plots are located....could this be known as a pinch point, the wide open place where the gate used to be...... If not, please give me a example of a pinch point?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
need2hunt Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 Yep that would be a pinch point. I used to hunt a place in Southern IL. There was a front woods and a back woods, they were connected by about a 40 yard wide by 200+ yard long woods that had a cow pasture on one side and a lake on the other, could put a stand in the middle of it and have a 20-30 yard shot on either side. It pinched the deer down well, could also be considered a funnel i suppose. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 sounds like it could be. it's basically any feature natural and/or otherwise that make deer in one larger area travel through a particular area to get to another larger area. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoosierhunter Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 On a property I have there is a lake that is long and narrow and divides the property in two. On the end of the pond there is about 20 yards of woods until the bean field. Probably one of the best pinch points I've seen to date. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbHunterNY Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 forgot to mention that i've shot most of my deer from a pinch point. it's a wooded side hill about 120 yards wide that connects two large sections of woods. there a saddle that runs down along through it to a rock ledge out cropping. deer trails go through it high or low. above it is an alfalfa field and below it is a pasture, both active and accesible by people. there's oaks on the high side and tall pines on the low side. so the deer usually use the high side early season for acorns and the low side (quicker routes to thicker pines) for cover later in the season. down low on the one side used to be a thick brushy pine tree bottom that was used for a bedding area, but now there's a logging road threw it and a treestand in the middle of it. it's productivity used to be significantly more. still, it produces a 100% opportunity at a legal buck on opening day of the regular season, every year. i've sat there on each opening day since i've started hunting to come up with those statements. however, i don't always see a buck to me worth taking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texan_Til_I_Die Posted August 5, 2011 Report Share Posted August 5, 2011 Yep, I like to hunt gate openings. Deer are just like any other animal and will usually take the path of least resistance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.