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Variability of older buck sightings, mornings versus evenings
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<blockquote data-quote="Dumbluck" data-source="post: 5246891" data-attributes="member: 22434"><p>If I was to guess I would say it had to do with weather, more specifically wind patterns. I notice unsteady or swirling winds more than anything. There are some seasons where the wind seems to be restless in the mornings and more steady in the evenings or vise versa. </p><p></p><p>Wind is about the only thing that will cause me to terminate a hunt early or not hunt at all. It's also a hunters worst enemy or best friend. If they are hunting swirling winds the deer are going to smell them before they ever see them on many occasions. </p><p></p><p>I remember about 2 seasons ago the wind was so bad almost every morning I couldn't hunt. I even had a big target deer show back up one morning. I knew where he was bedded from the camera he triggered and tried to go after him. No matter how bad I wanted to kill him, I actually backed out and left him alone that day. He did it again about a week later and I tried again, I had the same results. I had to just leave him before he smelled me. I ended up getting lucky and he did it a 3rd time, this time I waited until late afternoon when the wind settled and went in and killed him right before dark. </p><p></p><p>Maybe this is your culprit? <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤷♂️" title="Man shrugging :man_shrugging:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f937-2642.png" data-shortname=":man_shrugging:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dumbluck, post: 5246891, member: 22434"] If I was to guess I would say it had to do with weather, more specifically wind patterns. I notice unsteady or swirling winds more than anything. There are some seasons where the wind seems to be restless in the mornings and more steady in the evenings or vise versa. Wind is about the only thing that will cause me to terminate a hunt early or not hunt at all. It's also a hunters worst enemy or best friend. If they are hunting swirling winds the deer are going to smell them before they ever see them on many occasions. I remember about 2 seasons ago the wind was so bad almost every morning I couldn't hunt. I even had a big target deer show back up one morning. I knew where he was bedded from the camera he triggered and tried to go after him. No matter how bad I wanted to kill him, I actually backed out and left him alone that day. He did it again about a week later and I tried again, I had the same results. I had to just leave him before he smelled me. I ended up getting lucky and he did it a 3rd time, this time I waited until late afternoon when the wind settled and went in and killed him right before dark. Maybe this is your culprit? 🤷♂️ [/QUOTE]
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