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[Mr.Bro]

On all these big bucks that travel between 10 and 2.
Must mean 10pm to 2am.

 

[themanpcl]

On all these big bucks that travel between 10 and 2.
Must mean 10pm to 2am.

i think it is a lil early still but i have killed a couple good ones in that timeframe. mine have been 10a - 2p for the record

 

[BSK]

On all these big bucks that travel between 10 and 2.
Must mean 10pm to 2am.

Very, VERY site specific. Below is 24 years of trail-camera data running 24 hours per day during October, November, and December. The data displayed is only for mature bucks (4 1/2+). Notice how 10 AM to 2 PM is absolutely the lowest period of mature buck movement. Cameras are placed in typical hunting type locations: scrapes, old logging roads, terrain and habitat bottlenecks, low spots in fences, food sources, etc. In fact, in 24 years, not a single mature buck photographed from noon to 1 PM. Again, very site specific. This data is from one property. Your results may vary.

 

[BSK]

Now if you want to talk about all older bucks (2 1/2+), slightly different story, but noon to 2 PM is still the lowest movement period of the day. Now this doesn't mean they aren't moving at all. They just aren't moving in typical hunting locations. Mid-day movements are primarily limited to inside their bedding areas (where I have no cameras).

 

[Bull Sprig]

Pulled my SD cards this afternoon around the house, midnight-1am almost every day this week on all the mature bucks. Nothing during daylight, hopefully it changes soon!

 

[Stalkhunter]

Killed 3 bucks between 10 am and 2pm, but most of time I am an all day hunter.

 

[Mr.Bro]

Very, VERY site specific. Below is 24 years of trail-camera data running 24 hours per day during October, November, and December. The data displayed is only for mature bucks (4 1/2+). Notice how 10 AM to 2 PM is absolutely the lowest period of mature buck movement. Cameras are placed in typical hunting type locations: scrapes, old logging roads, terrain and habitat bottlenecks, low spots in fences, food sources, etc. In fact, in 24 years, not a single mature buck photographed from noon to 1 PM. Again, very site specific. This data is from one property. Your results may vary.

No my results are from over 50 years of hunting. Most all of my midday, should say, allday sits have been in the last 15 years. After today I can still say I have never, never seen a big buck, 130 or over between 10am and 2 pm.
Maybe tomorrow will change all that.

 

[Volbuck777]

Killed my biggest Tennessee buck at 12:02. He was either 5.5 or 6.5 scored 145. To be honest though I would have killed him at 8:30 if I would have been paying attention behind me a little better. Thank God a hot doe was in the area and I watched her for 5 hours until he walked right to her.

 

[megalomaniac]

ALL the mature bucks I've killed between 10a and 2p were on an estrus doe.
But I dont push right into core bedding areas for fear out of pushing my bucks onto the neighbors....

I hunt travel corridors until 10a, move to the edge of bedding/ sanctuary blocks midday (on the days I hunt all day), then to feeding areas (or travel areas to feeding areas) afternoon.

On my MS lease which is thick everywhere, I hunt travel corridors all day.

 

[Mr.Bro]

Well he was between 10 and 2.
The good thing? I got the pic the right side up.

 

[redblood]

On all these big bucks that travel between 10 and 2.
Must mean 10pm to 2am.

yep. but its still early. but like you. its a night show and first and last light

 

[redblood]

Killed 3 bucks between 10 am and 2pm, but most of time I am an all day hunter.

with the business, no way i could stay on stand all day very often. And ive never seen the trail cam evidence that it would be worth the sacrifice to do so. The additional scent and intrusion outpaces the gains

 

[Mr.Bro]

with the business, no way i could stay on stand all day very often. And ive never seen the trail cam evidence that it would be worth the sacrifice to do so. The additional scent and intrusion outpaces the gains

When your on vacation theres nothing better to do at camp.
Nice day, got a book might as well be up-a-tree.

 

[Mr.Bro]

Another comes out of a bedding area.

 

[fairchaser]

I've killed one buck between 12 and 2:00 pm. The only reason I was on stand was because the woods were supercharged with deer activity. I could not get out of the stand! It was one of those rare days when love was in the air.
Every study I've seen says the lowest level of buck activity is this time of day. The juice ain't worth the squeeze. I use this time to eat, rest, recharge and relocate.

 

[Quailman]

I rarely hunt all day in Tennessee, but on our farm in Illinois it's completely different. We hunt all day during our November archery hunt and stay in all day, every day during the first gun season.
In the past 3-4 days, we've been getting multiple mature bucks on camera mid day.

In the past 20+ years hunting up there, I've killed over half of my deer between 10am and 1pm. Most of my stand locations at this time of year are near known bedding areas. It's just completely different than hunting on my TN farms.

 

[PickettSFHunter]

It's 10pm and 2am when all the top thermal poachers get their bucks.

 

[deerhunter10]

I dont hardly ever hunt middle of the day any more. On cameras I get only a couple pictures a year of mature bucks middle of the day.

 

[Gravey]

Probably killed more of my bucks late afternoon right up to the last legal light. Rarely hunt all day. Will come out to grab lunch and go back typically to another stand.

 

[redblood]

When your on vacation theres nothing better to do at camp.
Nice day, got a book might as well be up-a-tree.

Color me
Jealous. There always seems to be something that has to be done for me

 

[BSK]

I rarely hunt all day in Tennessee, but on our farm in Illinois it's completely different. We hunt all day during our November archery hunt and stay in all day, every day during the first gun season.
In the past 3-4 days, we've been getting multiple mature bucks on camera mid day.

In the past 20+ years hunting up there, I've killed over half of my deer between 10am and 1pm. Most of my stand locations at this time of year are near known bedding areas. It's just completely different than hunting on my TN farms.

Very, very interesting Quailman. Thanks for posting that info. Always good to see data from other locations.

 

[chris1976]

You will never convince me not to hunt midday during the rut. Especially when the weather is right. In fact I believe it is the best time to hunt during the rut. Every mature deer except 1 we have killed off the farm in the last two weeks has been between 12 and 130 and every single one has been caught crossing a food plot. If I got down at 11 I would have not killed most of the bucks I have over the last several years.

 

[MCO8891]

All those pics were taken between 10-2:20 on Monday. Cams were going off all day. The one circled is a big one but you can't see him very well. 12:20. We don't have monsters on this place but that one circled is probably the biggest one I have seen in 20 years hunting it.

 

[BSK]

You will never convince me not to hunt midday during the rut. Especially when the weather is right. In fact I believe it is the best time to hunt during the rut. Every mature deer except 1 we have killed off the farm in the last two weeks has been between 12 and 130 and every single one has been caught crossing a food plot. If I got down at 11 I would have not killed most of the bucks I have over the last several years.

That's why I always say deer movement times are very site specific. Each property is different.