Morning or evening
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j-bird
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My records show we kill more deer in the evenings.....but we historically hunt more then as well. We used to hunt a lot after work in the early season.
This may or may not make sense or even be true so bear with me. I like to hunt mornings in the early season.....I think the deer move with the cooler night temps and morning temps.....as the day heats up the deer activity drops and even the evening temps are not cool enough. In the middle of the season I hunt all day as much as I can......you just never know what is going to happen. I'll sit thru the heat of the day in the hope of a cruising buck passing thru. I have had some odd things happen at times when I thought the deer wouldn't be moving in the rut.....and they involve nice bucks. Later in the season I focus on late morning and into the evening - I see more deer as the temps rise in the afternoon and into the evening. It seems I see the best activity when the temp is 30 to 50 degrees roughly.
I figure if it was me out there in my heavy hunting coat when would I want to move. When it's hot, I'll move when it's the coolest. When it's cold, I'll move when it's the warmest......and when it's time to get some.....well, anytime is a good time!
This may or may not make sense or even be true so bear with me. I like to hunt mornings in the early season.....I think the deer move with the cooler night temps and morning temps.....as the day heats up the deer activity drops and even the evening temps are not cool enough. In the middle of the season I hunt all day as much as I can......you just never know what is going to happen. I'll sit thru the heat of the day in the hope of a cruising buck passing thru. I have had some odd things happen at times when I thought the deer wouldn't be moving in the rut.....and they involve nice bucks. Later in the season I focus on late morning and into the evening - I see more deer as the temps rise in the afternoon and into the evening. It seems I see the best activity when the temp is 30 to 50 degrees roughly.
I figure if it was me out there in my heavy hunting coat when would I want to move. When it's hot, I'll move when it's the coolest. When it's cold, I'll move when it's the warmest......and when it's time to get some.....well, anytime is a good time!
Stickbow Felty
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It might sound crazy but I see more deer in the mornings but have shot more in the evenings.
If I am hunting big woods which is about 99% of the time mornings are by far better for me...hunting plots or fields it's better evening...
g squared 23
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I personally don't have a deer on the wall from a morning hunt. The largest 2 bucks I've seen were both in the evening. Mornings seem to suck for me.
I have 9 morning bucks on the wall I considered worthy of mounts and my only evening buck I killed October 2nd that is worthy is at the taxidermist... looking back I have only taken 5 evening bucks and over 60 bucks killed in the morning...it's different when you aren't sitting watching a field or food plot and you can only see 50 yards max in an open area...
I like the afternoons and/or evenings. Only because I like to sleep in and don't get up to hunt mornings except on opening weekend of the WI gun deer season. Most of my friends who hunt with me show up for an afternoon hunt. I watch food plots and apple trees, so that is when the deer seem to be moving to those food sources.
