I have shot deer at 7, 8, 8:30, 9, 10:30, 2:30, 5 & 5:30, and a few on the quarter hour in between. The only sumation I can come up with is to shoot them when they pass within range of your stand. I have started down from my stand on 2 occasions and spooked deer feeding towards me. I wish I would have stayed just 15 more mnutes. But hey thats hunting. You never know.