Point Corners
Based on my personal experience and the success of others, if I were asked which corners offered the best odds for catching a wary buck during all times of the season, I'd venture to say point corners. The most popular are those that extend into crops fields and are used as entrance and exit routes for feeding. In addition, because most bucks are reluctant to enter open areas for long periods of time, they usually move from one piece of security cover to another. Points offer the last stretch of cover and the shortest link between point A and B. This alone makes them high percentage stand sites.

Aerial photographs make scouting for corners and funnels easy; however, it still requires planning and footwork to confirm on the ground what you thought looked good on paper.

Setting Up
Over my many years hunting whitetails I've found that most corners are typically high traffic areas for both bucks and does alike. Many are favored loitering areas or queuing locations where deer enter and exit fields to feed. Others are crossover points where bucks take advantage of the shortest distance between two points. They make great stand sites throughout the season, but are exceptional during the pre-rut when bucks are laying down scrapes and searching for the first receptive does.

If you've developed a forte for rattling and haven't tried corners, then you could be missing out on some of the hottest action of the season. During the pre-rut when bucks are making scrapes and competing with rivals for does, I've had good success in single corners, but two adjacent corners are even better. Inside corners where choke points exist make excellent rattling locations simply because of the funneling effect they have on deer. Furthermore, since many of these inside corners lie between bedding areas, you're apt to bring more than one buck running when rattling the bones.

As the intensity of the rut increases, bucks usually abandon housekeeping on scrapes for a brief period and spend nearly all their time and energy chasing does. Don't be fooled by the lack of scrape activity, because it could be the best time of the season. For example, if a corner lies between two equally used doe bedding areas, then it's a pretty safe bet that the majority of bucks in the immediate vicinity will eventually pass through the corner getting from one bedding area to another.

Those who hunt the rut exclusively already know that anything can happen when you least expect it and daytime activity is not limited to any specific hour. I've walked in and out from stands at all times of the day and been met by a big buck chasing does more often than I care to remember. Setup stands in the travel routes and corners between bedding areas and you're likely to see bucks traveling throughout the day.

If you've had trouble hunting corners in bottom ground below ridges near creeks or coulee's, then you're not alone. Heavy moist air, dropping thermals, and swirling wind currents make it difficult for everyone. However, you might consider these stand sites during the mid-day hours when the warmth of the sun and rising thermals carry your scent upwards.

As the rut begins to slow down, don't abandon your stand sites. Bucks from outlying areas will roam further from their core area in search of does that haven't been bred. When they do, they'll be seeking the same security cover that local bucks do!

Wind currents can be tricky and often fickle, but simple powder wind detectors can take the guesswork out of stand placement and approach routes.

Scent Control
Like any other stand site, approach and scent control are critical when hunting corners. On morning hunts when the wind is blowing into the woods you might consider approaching from the backside of the timber, opposite the feeding area. On evening hunts, if the wind is blowing into the field, your approach should be from the field side, but arrive well before the deer.

Regardless of whether you're hunting bottom ground, ridge tops, or corners, I'd venture to say scent control plays a major role in every hunter 's success. Although total scent elimination is nearly impossible, there are ways to even the odds. For example, I've been wearing scent-eliminating clothing since they first hit the market and the results have been outstanding.

Deer travel from feed to bedding or vise versa on the average of three times per day. In the morning they're leaving a food source and heading to bed. During mid-day, they get up and browse for food, but stay relatively hidden. As the sun begins to wane on the horizon, they rise from their beds and move toward the outer fringes where they loiter before entering open crop fields. Knowing this, it only makes sense to play the wind accordingly and hunt stands in the morning when the wind carries your scent away from feeding areas. The opposite goes for evening stands when deer are approaching a feeding area from woodlots and draws. Hunt these when the wind carries your scent into the field.

Magical Spots
On a cool, mid-November morning years ago, I sat perched in the corner of a woodlot where I'd seen bucks crossing all week to another woodlot across the way. In fact, just moments before I had spotted a good buck across the way lingering in the shadows. I had a hunch he would seek the security of a narrow strip of timber between us upon his exit.

It took longer than expected, but the buck slowly moseyed down the gnarly tree line to the corner and into an open shooting lane. Only seconds later, a 125-grain broadhead sealed the deal and my season ended with a hefty 10 pointer weighing 350 pounds.

This may have been many years ago, but since those days I've relied heavily on finding terrain features that funnel deer to specific points. As they say even a blind squirrel has been known to find a few nuts from time to time. I've come to the conclusion that few natural or manmade funnels compare to the action that corners have to offer. Granted, not all produce the same, but find the right one and you'll understand why many successful bowhunters seek out such hotspots.