Killing/seeing deer in the middle of the day...
06-01-2008 | 07:51 AM
#21
Giant Nontypical
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From: Mont County, Pa
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)
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)
06-01-2008 | 09:29 AM
#23
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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.
06-01-2008 | 09:36 AM
#24
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From: Morgan County, IL
RE: Killing/seeing deer in the middle of the day...
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.
06-01-2008 | 09:49 AM
#26
Nontypical Buck
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RE: Killing/seeing deer in the middle of the day...
ORIGINAL: Siman08/OH
Well at least i wasn't the one claiming to use spell check 
ORIGINAL: Canuck_2
Couldn't help myself, Siman.
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Couldn't help myself, Siman.
I checked it and spell check said it was right......oh well. You can spell Simam, good for you, I'm still teaching my self.
06-01-2008 | 10:03 AM
#27
Nontypical Buck
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RE: Killing/seeing deer in the middle of the day...
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.
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.
06-01-2008 | 10:04 AM
#28
Giant Nontypical
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From: Central Minnesota
RE: Killing/seeing deer in the middle of the day...
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
Huh?
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.
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.
06-01-2008 | 10:12 AM
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From: Mont County, Pa
RE: Killing/seeing deer in the middle of the day...
ORIGINAL: Schultzy
Thats pretty harsh GMMAT.
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
Huh?
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.
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.