Mencius
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I have, almost exclusively up until a few weeks ago, hunted deer from a tree stand. Typically the stands I hunt look over the edge of a field that is planted in whatever the farmer plants that year. I have also been in some stands in the woods that look over little food plots and the like. I have hunted most different times of the day but found probably 85% of the deer I see come out late in the day, just before dark, and the rest come out first thing in the morning.
My question is, what are deer doing from, say, 2 hours after sunrise to about 2 hours before sunset? I know they are not wandering around the fields where I hunt at least. Are they bedding down or just meandering through the woods?
THe main reason I am asking is because I just recently started walking through the woods hunting deer. I have only been a couple times, and really like it. Each time I have been so far I have started right at sunrise and went for up to 4.5 hours. I have not bagged any yet, but have had a shot I passed on.
I guess I just want to know what do you think I would come across if I went during the middle of the day. My main reason for asking is because I am not going to have a chance to go out until probably early afternoon this weekend and was wondering if that would be a waste of time. I will probably try it no matter what, but just wanted to see what the consensus was.
My question is, what are deer doing from, say, 2 hours after sunrise to about 2 hours before sunset? I know they are not wandering around the fields where I hunt at least. Are they bedding down or just meandering through the woods?
THe main reason I am asking is because I just recently started walking through the woods hunting deer. I have only been a couple times, and really like it. Each time I have been so far I have started right at sunrise and went for up to 4.5 hours. I have not bagged any yet, but have had a shot I passed on.
I guess I just want to know what do you think I would come across if I went during the middle of the day. My main reason for asking is because I am not going to have a chance to go out until probably early afternoon this weekend and was wondering if that would be a waste of time. I will probably try it no matter what, but just wanted to see what the consensus was.