Speedwell-Hunter
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Anyone hunt these hours?
or just am and pm?
what are your hour tactics? Thanks
-speedwell
or just am and pm?
what are your hour tactics? Thanks
-speedwell
10 am to 2pm hunt hours
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philsanchez76
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Great question. I'll be curious to see what y'all say on this one. id say only 1% of the time I hunt it's during these hours and I was not successful.
I hunted it a lot last year due to work and picking up kids from school. Actually killed both my bucks around 1pm scent checking edges of a field where doe are known to hang out.
Trapper John
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The biggest buck I've ever seen on our place was cruising around about 11 AM. Any time I can get to the woods, I go. They're out there somewhere. I might as well be, too
philsanchez76
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What dates do y'all see this?
I keep a log of every deer I kill. The last 3 seasons I have killed my bucks from nov 3 to the 19th.
The prior 2 to that was nov 10-20.
The prior 2 to that was nov 10-20.
I can't sit all day like I used too. I like to sit all morning till 12. I have killed a few bucks at 11
Speedwell-Hunter
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So when gun season opens, kiss the bucks goodbye?
catman529
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I normally only hunt mornings and evenings because those are peak movement times for deer, even during the rut. But deer can and will get up and move any time of day. Especially during the rut. I shot a buck cruising the edge of a doe bedding area yesterday at 11:40 am. If the rut is heating up in your area, hunt whenever you can.
philsanchez76
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Driving around today in Davidson county saw a nice 8 point run across the road at 1 pm. Never seen a deer there before. That seems like it might be the time.
Harold Money jr
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IMO Anything I see before 10am during the rut is a bonus. The vast majority of bucks I've shot were within an hour of noon either side.
During the rut or really cold weather I'll hunt midday. Other than those times it seems useless for me.
Not necessarily. I've used my bow on several of those. If you know your land well enough (finally after 5 years of owning and managing my land ) you know where the main trails are and where they like to move. Like catman said. When the rut is on. Your likely to see a buck at anytime of the day. I've just been really blessed the last 7-8 years. I've not killed monsters. But for my area they are good deer. Anything over 120 inch around here is huge and hard to come by.
On the flip side. My boy has killed 9 deer and in 4 years. 7 bucks and 2 doe. Youth day and then rifle season. This year he got lucky and hit our target buck. 145 inch 10 point on youth day. I've hunted 30 years and never seen a deer that big in the woods with my own eyes. He's ruined now. He passed a good 6 point last week. I just shot a 8 point. 6 point comes out. I get him turned into position. He looks though the scope. And said "nah, don't wanna end my season on a smaller deer". I was pretty impressed with his decision at 9. He knows now letting younger bucks walk pays off eventually.
I've noticed the last week or so the deer are moving later in the morning and then an hour or so before dark. Deer were moving good this evening around 430pm
Dodge Man
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My 2 biggest bucks were killed between 1pm and 1:30pm. If the weather is right and i am comfortable I like all day sits. Take in some food, drinks and a power pk to charge my phone.
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I enjoy these as well but it seems like they make me awfully stiff the next day. All that sitting still is probably not good for the body.
Almost every daylight big buck I have on cam so far this fall is between 9am and 3pm. I usually hunt morning and evening but might have to rethink things.
catman529
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Get up and walk around a little, stretch your limbs, eat some food and then sit back down.
I do think the big boys can pattern us. A couple times a year I'll hit the stand from 10 ish till 3. Always feels weird to leave then. It's usually a combo of mixing it up and time constraints on me. I've had success before.
megalomaniac
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I only hunt midday during peak rut.
Large travel routes morning, move stand close to bedding area midday, then move to hunt food sources PM.
Large travel routes morning, move stand close to bedding area midday, then move to hunt food sources PM.
I went back through my harvest pics to see how many have been during those hours, because I knew it was a pretty good amount and I have killed 5 really good mature bucks between the hours 10 -2. 4 of the 5 bucks I killed either in their bedding area on the ground or in a stand at the edge of their bedding areas.
tree_ghost
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I had 2 mature bucks on cameras yesterday between 1-2pm and it was 72 degrees. If there's a doe around he's coming regardless of what the clock or thermometer says….
Smo
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A nooner…
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In my experience I find that hunting mid day can be very effective during the cruising pre rut phase when bucks are trying to find and check groups of does. It seems best with optimal weather in specific locations (near thickets and transition areas). For me the last week of bow season this year while hunting timber transition areas I would see the majority of my deer after 10 am.
Mr.Bro
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I can count the number of really big bucks I've seen between 10 and 2 on one finger. Of course patterns may have changed but I'll be napping at noon .
DoubleRidge
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During the peak rut period and the week leading up to it I will hunt all day...I've killed some good deer between 10 and 2...and no it doesn't happen every year...but it's happened enough that I want to be in the woods as many hours as possible during the rut....pack snacks, water and battery pack to charge phone.... during slow periods I'll read...and if I can't hold my eyes open I'll take a quick nap..... hunting proven travel corridors during the rut can be exciting and I don't want to miss it.
I've tried hunting those hours many times during the rut and just never really had much luck.
You and almost everyone else. In all my decades of hunting numerous clubs, leases, farms, public land, etc., I would say 99% of the hunters I was around get down before 11, go eat lunch, and come back for the evening hunt. Even on the President's Island hunt very few hunters stayed in the stand all day.
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I've always enjoyed hunting midday. Mostly because if I walk in blind I can see more sign. On public I try and wait till 9:30/10 to walk in if there are cars in the parking lot. Don't want to bust anyone else's hunt up. This was I can also take the kids to school, which makes the wife happy.
