when is it time to beggin afternoon hunt?
10-16-2002, 07:37 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: IL USA
Posts: 135
when is it time to beggin afternoon hunt?
I usually get in my stand about 3 or 330 for my afternoon hunt. I get out at dark when it is to dark to see. Is this to late to get into my stand? 330?. What time do you suggest. Because i was always told during the afternoon like 11-2 or something you really have no chance of seeing or takeing deer. Is this true? Could you let me know what time you all make your way to your stands in the afternoon. And in the morning.
Forever Hunter
Forever Hunter
10-16-2002, 07:48 PM
#3
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: central illinois
Posts: 136
RE: when is it time to beggin afternoon hunt?
thats hogwash, your at home and all your choirs are done and its one o'clock, you bet your last $ that i will be in my stand if its not to hot, i have seen many deer through the mid day hours and have had oppertunities to harvest them, and during the rut, i will go in at dark and won't leave till dark. you will be surprised what you might see. you can't getem on the couch
good luck.
good luck.
10-16-2002, 07:53 PM
#4
Thread Starter
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: IL USA
Posts: 135
RE: when is it time to beggin afternoon hunt?
Oh and anohther thing i forgot to ask. How do you people sit from dark till dark all day. Do you sleep or read or do anything but watch the woods all day? I just cant sit forever.
Forever Hunter
Forever Hunter
10-16-2002, 08:07 PM
#5
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: arnold missouri USA
Posts: 267
RE: when is it time to beggin afternoon hunt?
About 1-1:30 for me. In 12yrs. I've only sat from dark-dark twice. I did get down out of the stand and snooze at the base of the tree for a bit on each occasion. It's hard to sit that long...especially if it's cold.
10-16-2002, 08:20 PM
#6
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: St. Cloud MN USA
Posts: 1,757
RE: when is it time to beggin afternoon hunt?
My rule of thumb is the last 2 to 2 1/2 hours of each day. Sunset changes quite abit over the coarse of a season.
Deer activity during the day. Absolutley! The last few days in central Minnesota I've been seeing tons of deer out between 10 am and 1 pm. Thats not the norm, but its enough that I'm going out tom. at about 9:30 am.
Good Luck!
PRACTICE....PRACTICE....PRACTICE......SUCCESS!
Deer activity during the day. Absolutley! The last few days in central Minnesota I've been seeing tons of deer out between 10 am and 1 pm. Thats not the norm, but its enough that I'm going out tom. at about 9:30 am.
Good Luck!
PRACTICE....PRACTICE....PRACTICE......SUCCESS!
10-16-2002, 10:05 PM
#7
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Jackson, Missouri
Posts: 7,051
RE: when is it time to beggin afternoon hunt?
I usually try to get to my stand about three hours before sundown, moreso because that's about all the ol' rumpus can take. And, I really have never had much luck until about the last hour or so on my evening hunts, so for me, I think this is puh-lenty early enough.
Now, if the rut was in full swing, that's a different story... I may be out there four or five hours before sundown.
Discipline -- not desire -- determines destiny.
Now, if the rut was in full swing, that's a different story... I may be out there four or five hours before sundown.
Discipline -- not desire -- determines destiny.
10-17-2002, 05:58 AM
#8
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Fort Hood Texas USA
Posts: 529
RE: when is it time to beggin afternoon hunt?
I get to the stand about 6:00.....AM that is, leave after dark. I see quite a few deer during the day. Just can't wait until gun season opens so the gun hunters will move the deer when they go home for lunch!<img src=icon_smile_big.gif border=0 align=middle>
I keep myself busy in the stand during the day by looking for deer, works pretty well.
I keep myself busy in the stand during the day by looking for deer, works pretty well.
10-17-2002, 03:12 PM
#10
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Iowa
Posts: 343
RE: when is it time to beggin afternoon hunt?
The afternoon hunt starts at 12:01 pm silly. Duh, I mean afternoon is like short for after noon.
Just kidding. I'm convinced that deer can be found at any time of day but like you I just don't have the attention span to sit all day (not to mention my back won't allow me to stay in a stand that long. Now, during the early season I usually hunt till 10 or 11 then get back in my stand around 4. As the weather gets colder and the rut nears though I'll force myself to spend more time in stand because daytime activity will increase tremendously.
Just kidding. I'm convinced that deer can be found at any time of day but like you I just don't have the attention span to sit all day (not to mention my back won't allow me to stay in a stand that long. Now, during the early season I usually hunt till 10 or 11 then get back in my stand around 4. As the weather gets colder and the rut nears though I'll force myself to spend more time in stand because daytime activity will increase tremendously.