Maybe the deer you were hunting were taking a different route to get to the field you were hunting....and arriving later. That would mean they had to be on their feet MORE in the daylight...altering their route in doing so.
To me...this makes sense. What they're basically noting is.....does aren't prone to go nocturnal due to pressure.
So, if I am to follow this logic, a pressured doe will get out of her sanctuary bed area earlier so she can take a longer route to get from the same point A to point B she was going to/from before the human intrusion.
She is now arriving at the field laterwhich means sheREALLY took a much longerroute since she had to have left earlier to get more of that daytime movement under her belt as opposed to
A)just leaving her bedding area at the same time and taking an alternative route, or
B) taking the same general route but waiting untilcloser to dark before getting on her feet or
C) just go find a different bedding area and travel route or food source altogether.
Two of these scenarios would MAINTAIN daylight activity and one would DECREASE daylight activity, so I guess they are wrong, huh.
And according to your belief, in my case, after she feeds for a whilein the dark, she circles back on the new route only to come in on the old route 30 minutes to 2 hours after dark and gets her picture takenon a trail camera so as to make me THINK she went nocturnal so I won't catch onto her new route and her increased daytime activity.
And you say these animals aren't as smart as us?
And am I wrong to then conjecture from your beliefand The QDM show's conclusion that if my goal is to shoot does, that all I need to do is to keep PRESSURE on them and keep moving around to different travel routes between bedding and feeding(after all thats all you gotta know anyway
)and if my hunting area is big enough (which in my case it is)that I will see MORE activity than I did on the very first day when a human hasn't been in for months?
If so, the original poster's question would be right. I need to start stinkin by woods up right now for a late September opening day. If I stay diligent in doing so, I should be able to kill all the doe I need between Noon and 3:00 in the afternoon.
I guess I need to hunt less and watch more TV hunting shows and read magazines if I am ever to reach my potential as a bowhunter. With that, gotta go....there is a hunting show about to start on the Outdoor Channel.
