Daytime and Nighttime bucks

[Pope94/IA]

I've been wondering why I have 250 pictures of several differant bucks but only 1 buck was taken during the night and I only got 5 pics of him. Im sure they do this every year but this is the first spring I've had trail cameras and haven't been able to tell. Will they eventually make a nighttime pattern and not show up that much during the day? Or will I be lucky and they keep showing up in the day?

[AR Bowhunter]

Summer will drive theminto night time movement until the days start to get a little cooler or there is rainy days.

[J Pike]

pope the reason bucks are not nocturnal this time of year is because their bodies are not producing as much testosterone, when a bucks testosterone levels reaches a certain level in late summer, early fall it causes the blood flow o their antlers to stop and then their velvet will shed, and they will start turning more nocturnal aswell. But through out the summer bucks are no more nocturnal than doe's but as the summer days grow shorter in length their bodies will start producing more testosterone and will start becomming more nocturnal with each passing day. Pike

[Pope94/IA]

Now it makes sense. thanks alot pike and AR.

[Siman08/OH]

Alot of my mineral lick pictures are daytime this time of year too. It switches around August/September like Pike said.

[Edcyclopedia]

Flash???

[Pope94/IA]

Lol no, the date and time is stamped onto the photo. You can easily tell a nighttime flash from a daytime picture.

[AR Bowhunter]

The shorter days an longer nights will bring on the cooler temps as the summer ends an testosterone will increase. Which will increase day time movement after the hot summers.

[WIbuckchaser]

I think the closer we get to hunting season and people start hanging stands and stinking up the woods also plays a part in deer turning nocturnal. They don't get big by being stupid.