I have seen most of the shooter bucks I' ve come across in the morning between daylight and 9:30a (this dosn' t mean I' ve shot any of those bucks) I usually leave the woods between 11:00a to 1:30p as I have almost never see anything durring these hours. I' ve decided this is a good time for me to eat and get some rest. I try to be in the woods again about 1:30p and then hunt until dark. I shot better that 75% of my deer in the afternoon, so for me this is the time more than any other that I want to be in the woods. I haven' t spent the whole day in the woods for years. I find that my concentration wanders and if I try to still hunt I get loud. I feel that those noon hours are better spent in camp.