Mid-day hunting
11-02-2005, 05:22 PM
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Typical Buck
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Mid-day hunting
Where do you hunt during mid-day hunts?Over openings,food plots,thick wooded areas,swamps,logging trails?Any other terrain?I usually hunt in semi-open woods,next to thickets,places where I always see sign,but never see deer in the mornings,or evenings.Any help would be greatly appreciated.Thanks in advance.
11-02-2005, 07:03 PM
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Typical Buck
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RE: Mid-day hunting
ORIGINAL: thenuge15
How come you don't hunt where you see them in the morning and evening. They should be in that area too and if you sit all day you will see more.
How come you don't hunt where you see them in the morning and evening. They should be in that area too and if you sit all day you will see more.
11-03-2005, 03:24 AM
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RE: Mid-day hunting
I usually just hunt in the am. I haven't tried much evening hunting and any time I do go out in the evening, I don't see much. On opening day, I was in my stand from morning all day and stayed till it got dark. I didn't see anything early, but had a couple of young doe come in around noon. Didn't see anything after that either. I'm hunting in a wooded area that has a natural funnel coming in to my area about 50 yards to the north. I'm sitting almost in the middle of the area and have a couple of rubs about 30 yards from my stand. This is the first time I've hunted this area and didn't get the chance to do much pre-season scouting. I haven't seen a lot of activity yet, but they seem to be moving from about 8am until about 1pm (the few I've seen anyway). I hoping that the rut will be starting soon, and I might have some bigger bucks come through. I'd like to get a wall hanger this year. I've only got two deer under my belt, one buck and one doe. I guess we'll see how the rest of the season pans out. If I get to hunt this land again next year, I'm hoping to get it set up better and get to do some more pre-season scouting. I know there's deer out there, I'm just having trouble figuring out where they are. Good luck to you. Don't know if this helped or not, I kinda went off on my own little thread here.
11-03-2005, 05:02 AM
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RE: Mid-day hunting
I WISH EVEYONE HAD THEIR STATE LISTED UNDER THEIR USER ID SO WE COULD KIND OF COMPARE OUR AREA'S ... I AM IN NORTH ALABAMA 25 MILES BELOW THE TENNESSEE STATE LINE AND WE ARE COVERED WITH ACORNS MAKING IT VERY HARD TO PATTERN THE DEER ... IVE BEEN HUNTING AROUND WATER ..TOOK ONE DOE BUT HAVE NOT SEEN JUST A LOT OF DEER MOVEMENT SO FAR ..
ROLL TIDE
DD
ROLL TIDE
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11-03-2005, 07:25 AM
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RE: Mid-day hunting
I think deer movement will slow down but a hot doe is a hot doe and I dont think what the temp is, if a buck gets a whiff of her he will go anywhere anytime. I will be hunting my ridge stands. Here in SW Missouri lots of Ozarks Hills, I have stand strategically placed along side ridges where bucks will troll trying to catch whiffs of a hot doe.
Hunt all day!
Chris
SW MO
Hunt all day!
Chris
SW MO
11-03-2005, 07:38 AM
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RE: Mid-day hunting
ORIGINAL: MOTOWNHONKEY
Look for a bottle neck ( funnel ) in you hunting spots. The bucks are traveling so pick a spot that increases your chances. I'm telling you funnels are how you get big bucks.
Look for a bottle neck ( funnel ) in you hunting spots. The bucks are traveling so pick a spot that increases your chances. I'm telling you funnels are how you get big bucks.
This is so right. Its EXACTLY how I hunt.