More On (MORON ?) Funnels and Signs

A lot of guys have responded to my piece yesterday about funnels and signs. In general, all I can say is that I think all you guys are barking up the wrong tree. It's all in the salt. You and the state have it all wrong-- deer can't read. Deer don't need a sign to tell them there's salt. All you have to do is put out a big enough pile-- more salt, bigger deer.

It's all silly anyway. They make these big yellow signs for the deer to see, but then they tell us deer can't see color and they make us wear hunter orange. You can't have it both ways. Either they can see color or they don't. Orange, yellow. It's just too close.

Another thing I could never figure out was which color to make the funnel. I tried shiny metal funnels, yellow funnels like the signs, red plastic funnels. Of course, in the end, it was the salt. It didn't matter what kind of funnel, so long as you had enough salt.

Here are some of the responses—names have been omitted, but you have a location. Thanks all for your kind e-mail.

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Loc: NW PA Re: Funnels and Deer Sign [Re: shaman]
#346535 - 09/21/04 08:19 AM
That's the problem with where I hunt. The deer are always jumping something. I can't hit the darned things when they do that. I need some signs with them just standing looking down or the other way. And while the state's at it, put a bigger rack on top.

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Loc: NW Arkansas Re: Funnels and Deer Sign [Re: Shaman]
#346535 - 09/21/04 18:19

I vote for the state putting up signs with the deer bedded down. That should make it a little easier for us all.


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Loc: Alberta Re: Funnels and Deer Sign [Re: shaman]
#346957 - 09/22/04 11:38 AM

You are of course, partly correct. In this case size does matter. You must use a "large" funnel. This is naturally hung over a deer trail, so as to be readily conspicuous to the deer. You then pour the salt thru said funnel. The salt will pool directly beneath the funnel.
Now when the deer are walking along, they will look up and see the funnel and know where the salt is, because from a distance the funnel will look like an arrow pointing to the pile.

Sometimes we just have to stand back or look from another angle for things to become readily apparent.



Thanks again for your comments.