Give me the Time of Day

[redblood]

For me first hour and last hour of shooting ligbt.

 

[duckriver]

Most at the 3- dark by far.
But all I really hunt is open field crop land

 

[Bodine270]

First buck I ever killed was at 2 pm. Every buck since has been 4 to dark, or early morning, dawn to 9. I did kill a buck one evening on a food plot then shot another buck the very next morning sniffing at the gut pile of the other one.

 

[DWB]

On one farm I figure if I see deer before 8:30-9:00 those are bonuses. I start seeing deer around 9:00 on

 

[JeepKuntry]

1 mature buck before 9. All other mature bucks have been killed between 3 to dark.

 

[Bone Collector]

the majority of mine are between dawn and 10 am, because that is when I do most of my hunts. the rest have been in the afternoon. I have only shot 1 or 2 between 10 am and 1 pm.

 

[smyrnagc]

The three largest, mature deer I have shot were between 9:30 and 11:30.

 

[TN Larry]

I just wrote down for mine and my son's biggest deer by antler score with the majority being 3.5+:

Shooting light to 9:30 AM: 50% including my 3 biggest (7AM, 9:30AM, Daylight)

12 Noon: 6%

2PM - 3PM: 11%

4PM - End of Shooting light: 33%

Two things to note is that until the last few years, I hunted more mornings than evenings, and I see more deer in the mornings. However, we have killed several of the evening, but my 3 biggest were of the morning.

 

[JCDEERMAN]

Not sure about does. I need to look back at my notes over the years, but off hand, 100% of my bucks have came before 8:30am and after 3pm central time

 

[Madbowh]

90% 8-11 10% within first 30 minutes of daylight these are mature bucks

This year nice 8 at 9:55 and 1 at 8:20. I see mature bucks on camera mid day I sit all day sometimes. The past 2 years Catoosa big south fork and private property not seen any in the evening not sure what that's about

 

[buckaroo]

I've killed a hundred deer in my lifetime 80% were 8:30 9:30

 

[Deer Assassin]

344 my 20 th year

155 before 9 am
17. 9-noon
30 noon to 4
142 4- dark

 

[CATCHDAWG]

All of my big bucks with the exception of one were killed between 9:00 and 10:00 a.m. eastern time. The exception was the last hour of daylight.

 

[cbpedigo21]

I have definitely killed more between daylight and 10 am than any other time window.

 

[ttf909]

Largest rack for me came at 5 after noon and oldest 6 plus came at 1 minute till end of legal light

 

[smyrnagc]

344 my 20 th year

155 before 9 am
17. 9-noon
30 noon to 4
142 4- dark

Hey DA...Would you happen to have stats on largest bucks times in these numbers?

 

[Deer Assassin]

Hey DA...Would you happen to have stats on largest bucks times in these numbers?

Yes i will have to look. They are pretty even am/pm. All are first 2 hrs or last 2