What is your favorite time to hunt???Mornings or afternoons??Which has been more successfull??
Afternoons have been the way to go for me. Never took a deer in the mornings
Mornings have been my bread and butter :archer2:
Any time I can get in the woods is best. I have been more successful in the evening, but I get more time to hunt then also.
My favorite time to hunt is mornings. Not because it results in more kills but because I enjoy seeing the woods come to life that time of day.
As far as success I've had as much in mornings as in the evenings. I've also had a very high success rate between the hours of 10:00am and 1:00pm. Guess it pays to stay in your stand while others are leaving the woods to get lunch! I'm a firm believer in staying in your stand daylight til dark, as long as your body will let you. (all the old guys will understand that statement.)
For general deer sightings evenings, but for the big guys I seem to have better luck in the mornings!
Whenever i can!!!!!
Most of the big bucks i have killed were in the morning, sometimes late in the morning.
I like the afternoons.It seem like the later it gets the better the hunt gets. :campfire:
Most of the big bucks I have shot have in the morning about 9A.M But I see more deer in the evenings.
I like watching the woods wake up in the mornings and the sun rise, but have had the best luck at late morning to mid-day.
Early season, evenings. Late season, morning & evenings.
All day if I can,scored in morning,afternoon and evenings.
Evenings I can not get my lazy butt up and moving in the mornings. :deadhorse:
I love mornings for any type of hunting, fishing too. Gives you the rest of the day to process meat if you are lucky. Don't like looking for stuff in the dark. Plus I like to go to bed when the sun goes down or shortly after :) ...Van
I'm not a morning person and I see more deer in the evening, but there is something magical in being part of the world as it comes to life. If I can get myself going, I'll take a morning. Rick
I guess if I have to choose it would be mornings. Like someone has already said, love to see the woods come alive. In the early season it's a lot cooler. Not gonna run out of daylight fora while. That being said, love that "witching hour" in the evenings. Killed my biggest bucks in early part of the season in the evenings. I guess I like all day the best.
Every morning the first two weeks in November ! :archer:
BOTH!! If I can Roll My Butt out of the Sack Early Enough!! :rolleyes: :dunno:
Depends on what time of year around here. Early season evenings are my favorite. During October both morning and evenings In the nut trees. During November all day and December to January I'm back to evenings.
I love watchin the sun rise and woods come to life..........nothin like it. But given a choice between am and pm hunts I'll take the pm. While its true deer can be shot any time of day especially in november around here, it just seems that my personal anticipation is continually building as the sun gets lower in the pm, while my confidence and anticipation is whaning the higher the sun gets in the am if that makes any sense to you.
I want to be there anytime I can!
God bless,Mudd
Mornings 'cause that's when my dad always took me.
Starting in the afternoon and hunting the evening just seems weird.
i seem to get more bugling bulls in the morning but evening hunts have proven to be more productive as far as the elk actually coming in to my calls.
I couldn't possibly pick between the two. I love hunting them both. When I think back I think my successes might be a bit skeewed towards the mornings, but I hunt every chance I get, morning or evening. Each has its own advantages and special pleasures.
During the rut, kin til cant -- from when I "kin" se in the morning to when I "can't " see in the evening. See most of the bigger bucks from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. though.
Neither. My favorite is mid-day during the chase period of the rut. For some reason, around 3:30pm, in the final days of October and the 1st 1/2 of November until firearms season, seems to be the magic time over the years. Around 11:00am-12:30pm has been good then too.
My best bow buck was taken at 3:25pm and the next best was at 3:35pm. Both came charging in to a grunt call.
Both morning and evening are special times to be in the woods. But as one of the other guys stated...it is truly awesome to hear God's outdoors come alive. Truly Peaceful!
I like mornings best and had rather shoot deer in the mornings.Gives you time and daylight for skinning and butchering.Still like most I hunt when I can and for a working guy that usually means more afternoons than mornings. :)
I like mornings much better and have killed more big bucks in the mornings. I also much rather shoot one in the morning than evening. I always hunt alone and have to bone out and pack out the meat..much easier in the daylight.
I found out last year how much I love walking in the woods before the sun comes up, I have never experienced anything so peaceful. So with the tiny amount of experience I have, Mornings!!!
Subject to change this year.
I prefer mornings, have shot deer both AM and PM. Seem to see more nice bucks in the AM. I have certain spots for certain hunts, though.
I also like to see the woods come alive in the AM, but hate to see the day end in the PM. Blood trailing is also better when you know you have a full day of light ahead of you, instead of trailing by flashlight.
I like both ...BUT I really don't like to take a shot to late. I hate the thought of have'n to leave a blood trail over night. Did it once ,got lucky and found the deer intact the next day early. To many "yotes" to make me want to take a evening shot!!!
Hunting alone,the morning time for the peace and quiet. Afternoon if I'm on public land. I let the lunch crowd push the deer around for me. Evening if one of my hunting buddies with me. just so we can shoot the bull after a hunt.