Mr.Bro
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Lot of 8 to 10 morning movement Sunday. Lot of cam pics then also. Might stay a little longer.
Good luck to all.
Good luck to all.
Mid mornong hunts....
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Checked cards today and noticed a lot of activity well beyond daylight over the last week. Movement again in afternoon. Actually I've noticed an abnormal amount of deer activity overall. Bucks are still loosely grouped up but hard horned, scraping, and rubbing. And in broad daylight. If it were only one property I'd brush it off as a good year for the location, but I'm seeing it on multiple properties in two states so far.
Here's two very respectable bucks hitting two sides of the same scrape tree at same time. That's in Ohio. Bottom pic is TN.
Here's two very respectable bucks hitting two sides of the same scrape tree at same time. That's in Ohio. Bottom pic is TN.
kaizen leader
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Nice TN deer.
I used to hunt mornings in early season but I now don't do much morning hunting till late October/early November. The rut is when I will do mornings and sit as long as I can stand it. Early season I get in the stand 2-3 hours before legal.
BSK
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Back when I used to bow hunt, I noticed in early bow season - when there was a good acorn crop - morning deer movement was much later than normal. It got to the point I wouldn't get into the stand until 8:00 AM. Peak movement would be around 9-10 AM
Some of my best hunts have been 10 am to 2 pm
deer,ducks,and turkeys.
deer,ducks,and turkeys.
the one deer I saw Sunday was at 8:15. She bypassed a white oak that I have killed deer under or around consistently for over 10 years. Same climbing tree, same white oak. She passed through and never knew I was watching her. She never even looked in the white oaks direction and it is dropping acorns. Its been weird for sure and I assume the bumper crop has something to do with it. I feel like they have so much food right now, they can be as picky as they want to be.
My thoughts are that there isn't much wet green to wash the acorns down with, so eating too many makes them uncomfortable. I suspect that'll change real quick when rain starts falling. What I'm seeing is green briers and tree buds being hammered.
hoghunter65
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At South Cherokee my last 5 kills, 2 deer and 3 hogs were all taken between noon and 4 o'clock.
dsa5455
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We use to come out of the woods at around 11:00 a.m. and meet for lunch. It was not unusual to see a buck or a group of does come by while I was lowering my gear.
@fulldraw
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This morning had a 10pt on a cam at 8:37 and a 6pt at 11:04.
They're oddly active for this time of year. Hopefully they keep it up!
