ORIGINAL: SBGobblers
Honest story here.....I called Rob and his buddy Kurt was up there when I called. I bumped at least 10-12 deer going into my stand that morning. They'd gotten home early....and all I was doing was blowing them out of the area (1 hr before daylight).
I waited 'til after daylight the next morning......walked straight to my stand without bumping anything (that I know of)....and told Rob and Kurt on the way home I had seen 23 when I stopped counting. I even remember that was 11/4...a Saturday (I think). Ya gotta know YOUR deer.......and I'm still learning...!!
jeff
That's the way it is behind my house. They are milling about in there before light but if I go in just after light I don't bump anything and catch the deer coming through mid-morning and then later in the evening. If I bump them in the dark I don't see them that evening. I've tried going in earlier and even starting a half mile down the road and circling in above them but always end up bumping deer. Found it's just better to hunt after light or just evening hunt.