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<blockquote data-quote="BSK" data-source="post: 5439889" data-attributes="member: 17"><p>Lost Lake, that is a <strong>great</strong> description of how habitat drives daily deer patterns and hunter sightings.</p><p></p><p>Back when we first bought our place, and for quite a few years after, all we had was big oak timber. The only openings were a couple small overgrown log-loading decks and two powerline right-of-ways. In that environment, buck sightings were equal between mornings and evenings during bow season. But by early November (MZ season) buck sightings were much more concentrated in mornings. By late November (gun season), buck sightings were so exclusive to morning hunts that eventually I stopped hunting in the afternoon once gun season rolled around each year. Hunting the afternoons was just wasted effort.</p><p></p><p>But then we started altering the habitat. First came converting small sections of powerline right-of-ways and the old log loading decks into food plots. That suddenly produced more afternoon buck sightings even into gun season. Then we started cutting patches of timber scattered around the property. That too increased the afternoon sightings. Now we have some much early-stage regrowth, food plot, and big timber that over time, the two times - morning versus evenings - are about equal throughout the entire hunting season. The one last driving force is acorn crops. In a big acorn year, mornings are better, as bucks work the hardwood ridge-lines. In a poor acorn year, when deer are focused on feeding on regrowth and in food plots, evenings are better.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BSK, post: 5439889, member: 17"] Lost Lake, that is a [B]great[/B] description of how habitat drives daily deer patterns and hunter sightings. Back when we first bought our place, and for quite a few years after, all we had was big oak timber. The only openings were a couple small overgrown log-loading decks and two powerline right-of-ways. In that environment, buck sightings were equal between mornings and evenings during bow season. But by early November (MZ season) buck sightings were much more concentrated in mornings. By late November (gun season), buck sightings were so exclusive to morning hunts that eventually I stopped hunting in the afternoon once gun season rolled around each year. Hunting the afternoons was just wasted effort. But then we started altering the habitat. First came converting small sections of powerline right-of-ways and the old log loading decks into food plots. That suddenly produced more afternoon buck sightings even into gun season. Then we started cutting patches of timber scattered around the property. That too increased the afternoon sightings. Now we have some much early-stage regrowth, food plot, and big timber that over time, the two times - morning versus evenings - are about equal throughout the entire hunting season. The one last driving force is acorn crops. In a big acorn year, mornings are better, as bucks work the hardwood ridge-lines. In a poor acorn year, when deer are focused on feeding on regrowth and in food plots, evenings are better. [/QUOTE]
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