ORIGINAL: MarquetteMagnum
I hate the morning hunt, get up too early to go out and wait to see, then the deer only move for about 30 min, then nothing till late morning or midday, and then the late afternoon move to the night. I would much rather sleep in and go out around 930am or 1030 and sit till 1pm or 2pm, depending on the day. or just be out by 2pm and sit till dark. I will see more bucks durinng the day and pm. the rut is different so this would be normal season.
Prime example that your set up probably isn't a good morning set up. On a good day in my morning set upsI can sit and have deer coming under my stand before day light onto lunch time. They also come at a steady pace. I will have three or four come through. Then about 30 to 45 minutes later three or four more. And so on.
A good morning stand isn't a stand on the side of a field or a stand watching over a food plot or feeder. A good morning stand is a stand right along the edges of the bedding areas. Between the food and the beds. The best places are usually creek bottoms or lower land with thick cover. Places that the deer feel comfortable enough to be walking through in day light. I personally think that deer use funnels more during the morning than they do in the evening.
I used to be 100% like you until I learned to hunt true morning set ups.