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RE: Killing/seeing deer in the middle of the day...
ORIGINAL: backnaction34 I have seen alot of deer activity durring the mid day hours. Be it from other hunters pushing the deer or what. I "heard" a theory once that deer feed on 12 hour cycle. Maybe they dont come out in fields or food plots every 12 hours but they do have to eat. I havent seen anything to prove this theroy wrong. So if they are feeding at midnight .....then that would put them feeding again durring mid day. The oldest buck I ve killed was @ 11:30 am. (6 1/2 year old 7 piont) |
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ORIGINAL: Canuck_2 Couldnt help myself gri22ly Couldn't help myself, Siman.:D |
RE: Killing/seeing deer in the middle of the day...
If you really do some investigating, you'll find that most people have harvested thier best bucks between 10am and 2pm. Sounds like a good magazine article theory.....but I doubt it's true in real-life. I've hunted all day a few times, during the rut. I just dont see the activity I see in other times of the day. Call me lazy, uncommitted, etc........I just don't have the patience to sit through what "I" feel is an unproductive time of day "for my woods". I've seen good bucks (relative) here after 11:00.....but that's usually when I'm thinking of climbing down. You also have to remember that a buck don't have to travel far or look real hard to find a doe in my woods. In reality.....I'm sure there are some great bucks killed during the middle of the day. I also think it's "a" way for some hunters to perch themselves on the "I am extremely dedicated and you just don't want it, enough" perch. I actually don't know anyone who's killed one in the middle of the day, here. |
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You also have to remember that a buck don't have to travel far or look real hard to find a doe in my woods. From my experience, the 10-2 hrs. aren't very productive at all for seeing A LOT of deer. But it's the one time every other year or so that it pays off and makes it all worthwhile. |
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I'm with you Jeff when it comes to not being able to sit through "un-productive" hours
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RE: Killing/seeing deer in the middle of the day...
ORIGINAL: Siman08/OH ORIGINAL: Canuck_2 Couldnt help myself gri22ly Couldn't help myself, Siman.:D |
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2:15 pm... Caught this guy cruising in the heart of the rut here in Illinois.
I've had tremendous encounters over the past years while hunting in mid-afternoon. It is my favorite time to hunt in November. And I don't believe its a crazy theory. It is purely dependant on several factors.. but it is a natural buck movement during the breeding season. But like anything else... it depends on the land you are hunting. Incidently, the buck pictured is dominant.. dressed out at just over 230 pounds.. and was a 5 1/2 yr. old deer.  |
RE: Killing/seeing deer in the middle of the day...
HahaI actually just started using it myself gri22
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RE: Killing/seeing deer in the middle of the day...
ORIGINAL: GMMAT If you really do some investigating, you'll find that most people have harvested thier best bucks between 10am and 2pm. Sounds like a good magazine article theory.....but I doubt it's true in real-life. I've hunted all day a few times, during the rut. I just dont see the activity I see in other times of the day. Call me lazy, uncommitted, etc........I just don't have the patience to sit through what "I" feel is an unproductive time of day "for my woods". I've seen good bucks (relative) here after 11:00.....but that's usually when I'm thinking of climbing down. You also have to remember that a buck don't have to travel far or look real hard to find a doe in my woods. In reality.....I'm sure there are some great bucks killed during the middle of the day. I also think it's "a" way for some hunters to perch themselves on the "I am extremely dedicated and you just don't want it, enough" perch. I actually don't know anyone who's killed one in the middle of the day, here. |
RE: Killing/seeing deer in the middle of the day...
ORIGINAL: Schultzy ORIGINAL: GMMAT If you really do some investigating, you'll find that most people have harvested thier best bucks between 10am and 2pm. Sounds like a good magazine article theory.....but I doubt it's true in real-life. I've hunted all day a few times, during the rut. I just dont see the activity I see in other times of the day. Call me lazy, uncommitted, etc........I just don't have the patience to sit through what "I" feel is an unproductive time of day "for my woods". I've seen good bucks (relative) here after 11:00.....but that's usually when I'm thinking of climbing down. You also have to remember that a buck don't have to travel far or look real hard to find a doe in my woods. In reality.....I'm sure there are some great bucks killed during the middle of the day. I also think it's "a" way for some hunters to perch themselves on the "I am extremely dedicated and you just don't want it, enough" perch. I actually don't know anyone who's killed one in the middle of the day, here. |
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