RE: Best Hunting: Morning or Evening?
October, Nov, December;about 50/50 am/pm on our farm for sightings and harvest.
Jan season this year;No sightings in A.M.
All deer have been sighted or harvested between 5-5:20 pm,(like clock work) almost like they have alarm clock strapped to their butt, set for 5pm.
I think by Jan deer are expending the min amount of energy based on prior hunting pressure,rut and harsh winter conditions.
Having said all that,our farm has pressure from large adjacent WMA. am/pm sightings vary depending how these hunters move and where they hunt. Duck hunters on tidal river have jumped deer that have come to us.