For about a month now I have been noticeing a uncommon amount of deer out in fields in the mid-day.

I don't know if its b/c of the heat making them seek water and food more or what. If you can stand the heat here in the south, hunting mid-day can be very productive.

Esp during the rut. A doe is only in heat, what 36hrs? So, you think those big boys are going to care what time of day it is when they have their knose up the doe's butt waiting for her to squat?

I love going to a local refuge here in SC and just parking on the rd and watching the deer start to run out of the woods around lunch time. Hunters getting down and going home are as good as a pack of deer dogs, they will run deer right to you.