Shot the majority of my deer in the morning. In the evening, they are more predictable and you can pretty much pattern them. Morning they come back in as they get full/tired and are ready to bed down, no way to patern them. During the rut, from 8:00am to 3:30pm is the best time to be near bedding areas for me. Things kinda slow down until dusk after that.

I would have to say overall morning has been more productive for me over the years.

I will say however, that the 2 biggest bucks I' ve ever taken were taken at almost noon. When the rut is full swing, I have alot of sucess staying on stand all day.

I would say the evening is the most productive for me.

This season I' m going to try and break from tradition and hunt mid day more,
aspecially during the rut I would have to say evening i see more movment

I see more deer in the early moring hours for the most part. I have killed many deer in both the morning and evening. However the biggest bucks I have seen and killed have been during very late moring and early after noon. During the rut, this is the absolute best time to get a wallhanger. You normally don' t see many deer but the ones moving are the big toads. During the rut 10am to 1pm is primetime.