I love that first hour of daylight in the morning, but most of my deer and a lot that I see are between 8:30 and 10:30 A.M. I believe in the lunar cycles. I work at night, and when the moon is about 1 hour before directly overhead to 1 hour past directly overhead, the deer and every other critter are stirring. That goes for when the moon is up in the daytime, and when it is underfoot on the other side of the earth. I have killed several deer in the middle of the day when most everybody else is in camp.
My advise is get a comfortable stand, and sit as long as possible. The deer are either moving or they are not. When they are not moving, you will not see them, not even in the wee early hours. You have to be in the stand when they move, and unless they have gone completely nocturnal from hunting pressure, they can move anytime during the day.
C. Davis
Last edited by C. Davis; 08-14-2009 at 06:52 AM.