Do you like mornings or afternoons??
 

My last post sparked another question. I love the afternoon hunt. I hunt mornings, but have always killed most of my deer in the afternoons. I have only killed 2 deer out of 20 with the bow in the morning. Don't know why really, just happens that way. although, most of my hunting is done in the afternoon b/c of work, maybe that's why. Do you guys like a.m. or p.m. better??

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I like the morning but the wife usually aint in the mood :eek:

oh, wait you mean hunting?

then still mornings, though I have shot the majority of my deer bow hunting after noon......

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I suppose I don't have a "true" preference. I LOVE hunting in the morning. I've killed my two best bucks, morning hunting. I also love being in the woods before light.

I like the afternoons.....because of the relaxed time frame involved. You're always bound to a "finishing" time (darkness). I sometimes wonder as I'm leaving the woods in the mornings.....if I've left a little too soon. Afternoon takes this unknown out of the equation.

If I had to choose one to do, ONLY....from now on, though.....I'd choose mornings.

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i like evenings a lot better

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I like mornings. No real reason other that I just like watching the woods "wake up", the sun slowly melt the frost, etc. Best time to be in the woods as far as I am concerned.

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I can sure agree with you on this one, mornings are beautiful! Morning and evening hunting really depends on how your set up. Some locations are better in mornings, some are better in evenings. I've had much better luck in the evenings myself, the way my woods is layed out makes it tougher and more challenging to hunt mornings (Prevailing Wind Direction) Its much easier to hunt the wind for me in the evenings.

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I like how pretty the mornings are, but I have killed more deer in the evenings.

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50/50

My success rate is 50/50 as well. I perfer mornings because it is easier to deal with getting your deer out after shooting it. However......

The bottom line is you have to be there when the deer are. This is dependant on the time of season. Early in the season the evenings seem best. During the rut, both are good. Late season it switches back to evenings. On average I suspect that evenings win over mornings, but when it comes to november, I believe it to be closer to 50/50.

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I like the mornings

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When ever the deer are moving:DHad more luck in the morning hunt But I have shot my best bucks mid day.

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Love the morning hunts and I have had the best luck in themornings.

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I much prefer mornings but....I have time to hunt more afternoons, so that is when I end up hunting[&:]

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afternoon hunt

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Mornings in the first half of the season, afternoons the rest.

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Well this post has forced me to do a history check and out of 117 deer killed by bow 68 were killed in the A.M. and 49 in the P.M......Personally, I like the afternoons because there is less stress to prepare and get to your setup.

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I like the mornings better. I have killed my best deer in the mornings. I always see deer in the evening but just seems like I connect on the bucks in the mornings. I also like to see the woods come alive, on a cold morning its always nice to see the sun come up and smack you in the face.

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I'm lazy and hate to get up early so most of my hunting is in the afternoon.

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And that sun can warm a cold body and feet so well. It truly is a wondrous time to be in the woods!!!!!

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Do yall think more bucks are killed in the a.m or the p.m.? No matter what part of the bow season.

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I like mornings. I have a lot of luck in the morning as well. Also when you kill a deer in the morning there is plenty of time to recover it and process it. The other thing is all the people walking, helicopters flying,dogs being walked, golfers playing golf, construction workers pounding on new houses, bulldozers in new subdivisions have all not started yet. Evenings are nice too but tracking in the dark is not as enjoyable to me. I'll take a morning hunt on a nice day over a night hunt usually.

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Whenever my wife is ready ;)----I like evenings!

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I like the mornings because as light begins to filter in, my anticipation goes up.

Conversely, in the evening, after magic hour, light fades and so does my anticipation.

That being said, I like mornings but have tagged the majority of my bucks in the evenings. 4 of the last 6 bucks I have been taken, were taken in the evening as well as sighting the best buck of my life.

From what I've read too, the P&Y club documents that the majority of entries have come from evening hunts.

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I've seen my biggest bucks in the morning.

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I wonder though if my success in the evenings stems from the fact that I hunt 5 times as many evenings as mornings? I can hunt every evening after work but only mornings on Saturdays and during the last week or two of the season when I'm on vacation.

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both, I have no preference as long as I am in a tree waiting for a deer or sitting against one waiting on an old tom to show up.

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I like morning hunts better, I guess it's because most of my kills have been in the morning hours.

With that being said tho, my best buck to date was taken on an evening hunt. [&:]

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I have stands for both.

That being said I have killed moredeer in the morning. But lately the afternoons have been better to me.

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Ditto!

And....I actually have MUCH better success, both in sightings and taking deer in the mornings. I rarely take one in the evening, but its not due to lack of effort.

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GregH is spot on again, for fear of repeating I say.......X2!

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[quote]ORIGINAL: 125py

My first ever hunt this year my buddy and I were in the same tree and we clombed down about 9 am...and that is exactly what he said to me "Its about this time that a bruiser comes strolling up"....

I love the mornings but always have that feeling that the buck of a lifetime is 400 yards away and just hasn't got to me yet!!!

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Mornings all the way .....

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good lord man! . . whatneighborhood are you huntin' in?? lol. . go out into the woods!

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that's what I was thinking...:D:D

For me, I like mornings.

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This came up on a thread a couple of months ago to which I replied all of my deer save onehave been killed between 1pm and 3 pm which obviously make afternoons my favorite time. ThisyearI saw more shooter bucks between dawn and 8am.I guess I might have to change my opinion.

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definately mornings...more fun to me to watch everything light up when day breaks and I've shot most of my trophys in the mornings also.

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I prefer mornings, but have killed many more deer in the evening....

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afternoon during bow season/ morning during gun season

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I like both!!!! I'll hunt the afternoon/evening's early season because this is when I try to have them patterned, when and what fields there coming into. I can also take my time and not get to sweated up. after a few weeks into the season I'll move back into the woods and start doing the morning hunts as well. During the Rut I try to be in the woods as much as possible from sunup to sundown!!! The late season depends on the weather what time I hunt. When it in the single digit temps I'll be in the woods the warmest part of the day until close!!!

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If I had to choose one over the other, I would gravitate towards the evenings, especially if your after an older buck.

From August 30th to about October 25, here anyway, from what I have witnessed over the years the old bucks that I have hunted have moved a little more in daylight hours close to their core bedding areas in the evenings than they do in the am hours. In the AM, they are hard to cut off going back into their hangouts before daylight. I have bumped more big bucks in the mornings trying to cut them off as themove into their safe zones...way morethan in the evening by far.

Our OctoberLull in Northern Idahois a little later than the mid west and easts... From about Oct 25 to about November 5th, I see very little big buck movement. I see tons of young buck movement during this time..the big boys almost like clock work yearly lock down over this week to two week time table.

Then by about November 10th, the big boys start moving a bit to work doe family groups scrape lines... but still its mostly all after dark by the old bucks...in early to mid Nov here. During this time I like mornings as well as evenings,because I have caught the big boys getting back to their core areas after daylight...

From about November 17-18 on ... its all day hunting and I see more mature daylight buck movement even later from Thanksgiving until Dec 1 ...lots of mid day movement in that last week of Nov....which is in our anyweapons season.. so even with guns firing all over.. I still see more big bucks moving during this time.. But the big boysare always in the cover...rarely do I see a big mature buck just standing out in the open.. not even during the rut..

Back to my late season hunting, I like the post rut late evening hunts. By mid Dec, when my archery season opens back up, bucks start to focus back on feed and will still be located in core areas close to doe family groups, still checking on the odd few young does that didnt get covered in mid to late Nov. I rarely hunt the mornings with any success in the late season. Bucks are mostly bedded and move as little as they have too. Here anyway... thats what I see in the big woods settings..because they have the best feed available right in their brushy tangles.. They litterally lay up in the cenothous and feed and sleep.. moving mostly only in the evenings to where the doe family groups are feeding during daylight hours..

the8 bucks I have killed with my bow that are 4.5's and older..( one 8-10 year old, 1- 7.5 year old, 2 in the 5-6 year olds and 4 in the 4.5 year old catagory)only two I've shot in the mornings.. but then again, I do hunt more evenings because of work..but over all.. thats when I find my best chance to catch a big boy say 50-100 yards from his daytimebedding area.

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Exactly what I was thinking Shed.