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I was wondering what time of day you have killed your best deer (either largest or best scoring). My first guess was that the earlier and later times would show more voters than the midday times, but a lot of deer have been killed during midday. I thought it would be interesting to see. Red C. Everything I say is fully substantiated by my own opinion. | ||
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mid-morning, sometimes mid afternoon. | |||
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If we are talking gun hunting any time of the day.Here in Wis the 9 day rifle season means hunting and pushing deer hard for 9 days any time of the day goes. Bow hunting the last 2 hrs of the day the differants is 100 plus days of bow season. | |||
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last hr of light has always been good to me DEATH BEFORE DISHONOR | |||
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My best was taken about 45 minutes after sunrise. Although I prefer to do my killin in the morning I usually hunt all day from sunrise to sunset. Rodney. | |||
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I let a small group of does passby(I like finding doe groups and watching them a while)15 mins later the buck came trailing them. Rifle season,early post rut,just after 10AM. til later | |||
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My absolute best came in the middle of the afternoon, after a blown morning stalk and a not so easy recovery. | |||
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Ive had my best luck between 7-8 in the morning | |||
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last 10 min. of light, when a good scope pays for its self. But with a Bow early morning around 1 hour after daylight. The reason with a gun i would suppose is im hunting more open areas, and with a bow is im more in the thick of it. just my expernces. | |||
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I score alot on different game at midday--10-2:00 is a great time to be on your stand. Phil NRA Life Member since 1976 philny1@zoominternet.net 877 485-6270 Visa/MC accepted , plus 3% We have to save the Earth, only planet with beer!! "Peace is that brief glorious moment in history when everybody stands around reloading". Thomas Jefferson | |||
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The lower productivity of good deer goes down dramatically between 2:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. Of course this is a very unscientific poll. Red C. Everything I say is fully substantiated by my own opinion. | |||
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My two best were taken mid-day (noon to 1300) during the rut. They were both cruising does. 0351 USMC | |||
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Of course they come late when I am ready for relaxation and a drink. Thank God I have a skinner. Butch | |||
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IVE SHOOT 4 GOOD DEER IN THE PAST 3 YEARS 2 WITH MUZZLE LOADER 2 WITH RIFLE THE BEST 2 WERE SHOT BEFORE 8 THE OTHER 2 AFTER 5 | |||
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Most of my experience comes from blacktails. My personal best and all but one of my clients best have come at very last light (the one exception was absolute first light). We'll get little ones in the afternoon or mid morning but the bruisers have been at dark. I just got back from a whitetail hunt in MT and the guide kept mentioning how nocturnal the big bucks were. Sure enough we saw small bucks in the morning and mid day but the big one came out at dark. | |||
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Late day is taking the lead over early morning in this poll. But the 8:00 a.m. to noon is really doing well. I think a lot of us don't stay in the stand long enough in the morning. Red C. Everything I say is fully substantiated by my own opinion. | |||
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my best whitetail was shot around 1 pm. I was moving from one rattling position to another, and spotted him in the brush tending a hot doe. During the peak of the breeding phase of the rut, I've seen quite a few nice bucks hung up with hot does around midday. My best (and only) mule deer buck was shot just after first light. But mule deer season in Texas is over well before they start rutting. Troy | |||
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I think that is very much the case. I remember an article some years ago that said most large trophies were taken during mid-day. Most hunters leave the stand for lunch and a nap and the deer move around during the mid day after hunters have left the area. My two largest were both taken between 11:30 AM and 2:00 PM. The largest was moved by two hunters walking back to their truck. "Cleverly disguised as a responsible adult." | |||
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I've taken deer at about all legal hunting hours but the trail cams have been a real eye openers to me. I have had a trail cam at a corn feeder very near a popular bedding area since Dec. of 2007. I have downloaded well over 6,000 images since then and found the does to visit mornings for the first 4 hours of light and evenings for the last 1 hour of light, typicaly. Bucks, on the other hand, seem to visit most between 11:00Am to 3:00PM and vice versa. These are mostly "scrub" bucks with a rare visit from a "nice one". I believe the better bucks are probably moving in the same patterns as the younger ones but just don't want anything to do with the feeder. Now that the rut has started in my area the does are still keeping there same pattern but bucks are rarely visiting to feed, mostly cruising through, noses to the ground, but still around middle of day and night. I know this is not a scientific survey and may not pertain to your hunting area, just an interesting observation.  | |||
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SteveM70, I, too have taken deer at many times through the day and have seen them at about every one of the time slots given as choices. My largest/best came in the 4:00 pm to dark slot. It is really interesting that so few have killed a good deer during the 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. time frame. As you say, with the rut, your just apt to see one in the middle of the day since they aren't interested in food. Red C. Everything I say is fully substantiated by my own opinion. | |||
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Whether it be whitetail, mulie, 'lope, elk, or wildboar, it's always been best for me right after daylight and just before dark. It's always seemed that most of these animals feel night is a safety corridor. Good Luck Reloader | |||
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