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Old 09-30-2005, 09:21 AM
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I've been reading some bowhunting articles on Pederson's - a few of their pros say to avoid morning hunts in the early season over a feeding area. Their reasoning is odds are you will only scare bucks out walking in the dark - this will make a mature buck change his pattern or avoid the feeding area. The guy suggests hunting these areas only in afternoon when deer are more predictable.- My addiction will make it hard to avoid hunting opening morning, but I don't wanna screw up the deer.... Anyone else run into this problem?

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Old 09-30-2005, 09:32 AM
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Yep that's why i don't do it anymore.I hunt on ridges in the morning.
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Old 09-30-2005, 09:43 AM
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My house is where the deer feed at night and then slowly filter back up the mountain eating acorns as they go. I haven't been able to get around in front of them no matter how far down the road, up the mountain, or early I get up. I always bump them. I've learned to either sleep in and go up around 8 AM and get the bucks cruising through for a mid morning snack or go hunt somewhere else in the morning.
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Old 09-30-2005, 09:53 AM
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Deer get one last feed in just before heading back to the bedding areas. Now if they are feeding in the field and you walk up on them ?????
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Old 09-30-2005, 10:10 AM
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I use to hunt everywhere ,never made a difference .always got a deer
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Old 09-30-2005, 10:37 AM
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mornings = travel route between food to bed

evenings = travel route between bed to food

rut = all day in funnels between doe bedding areas and food

I VERY rarely actually set up on the food source. All it takes is a split second wind change and every deer in that field knows they are being hunted.
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Old 09-30-2005, 11:57 AM
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Luckily I don't have any food plots or fields to hunt so I hunt oak flats and ridges morning and evening.
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Old 09-30-2005, 01:18 PM
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I hunt a couple hundred yards off of food sources in the morning. I have never had the problem they mentioned.
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Old 09-30-2005, 03:42 PM
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i dont hunt feeding areas in the morning but I will hunt the trails leading from feeding areas to bedding areas!
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