ORIGINAL: buckeyebuckhntr
I have shot two mature bucks outside of the rut in the morning. One 20 minutes after first light (late pre-rut), the other 3 hours after first light(first week of October).
pretty much the same for me. I've shot two mature bucks in the morning, and my first buck (immature) shot in the evening. The two mature boys were shot about 21/2 hrs. after first light. That's my deal. I will say I have seen much more buck activity in the evenings though. I have seen more mature bucks in the evening, it's just the way things went down for me I killed mine in the a.m. for some reason.