Daylight temps/deer movement

[Football Hunter]

What do you think,first forecasts Ive seen vary from lows +- freezing,with highs in the mid to upper 50s,hopefully cloudy.Sounds pretty good to me for movement,wonder what optimum temps are for this time of year in Mid TN?

Also,I like the fact that its gonna be cool/cold before saturday.In my non scientific memory,sudden cold snaps,say where the lows change from 50 to 25 overnight produce few deer sightings for the first few days.Anyone else notice that?

 

[BSK]

Also,I like the fact that its gonna be cool/cold before saturday.In my non scientific memory,sudden cold snaps,say where the lows change from 50 to 25 overnight produce few deer sightings for the first few days.Anyone else notice that?

For me, it isn't the number of days after a temperature drop, it's the first calm, dry, clear-sky day after a temperature drop that seems to really bring out the deer.

But then part of that is perception. We remember the "great days" and don't comprehend trends well. I always assumed those frosty mornings were best in November, but the actual numbers don't bear that out.

This is data from just one property, but it includes data from only November collected over a 23 -year span (almost 4,000 hours of November treestand time). Although morning buck sighting rates are high when morning low temps in November are extremely cold, those frosty mid 20 through mid 30 degree low temperature mornings show a fairly significant decline in buck sightings. Buck sighting rates are actually higher during mornings with low temperatures in the upper 30s through the 40s and even into the low 50s.

Of interest, there is no difference in afternoon buck sightings by afternoon high temperature until the afternoon high temps get above the low 70s.

Does and fawn observation rates display a more linear declining trend as morning low temperatures increase. However, afternoon sightings are highly variable, but with again a slightly downward trend as afternoon highs warm.

 

[Hillbilly Hunter]

interesting

 

[Winchester]

Its painfully obvious that the sub 20 deg mornings are best however isnt it!

 

[BSK]

Its painfully obvious that the sub 20 deg mornings are best however isnt it!

Yup!