Morning hunters??

3Feathers · October 13, 2013, 08:31:00 PM

What is the time period when you start seeing deer?Seems to be around 8oclock for me most of the time.Never really see much at first lite.

Jack Whitmire Jr · October 13, 2013, 08:33:00 PM

Yeah me too, seems once the sun starts up the deer move also .

centaur · October 13, 2013, 08:33:00 PM

So far this year, it has been around 0800 for me, but usually I see lots of deer right at first light.

r-man · October 13, 2013, 10:33:00 PM

depend on where you sit or walk, when you see them, some times 5 minutes after I exit the truck

Shane Reed · October 13, 2013, 11:21:00 PM

What are deer? Where do you find these creatures? I know not in Vermont ;-)

huntnmuleys · October 14, 2013, 12:04:00 AM

i was hunting muleys today, but they didn't seem to start moving til closer to 8 or so. i still had bucks feeding in front of me at 930.

LB_hntr · October 14, 2013, 02:56:00 AM

all depends on where im hunting.
close to bedding area, later in the am.
close to feeding early am.
along travel routes mid morning.
in hub areas, all times (these are my favorite places to hunt).

VictoryHunter · October 14, 2013, 03:26:00 AM

QuoteOriginally posted by LB_hntr:
all depends on where im hunting.
close to bedding area, later in the am.
close to feeding early am.
along travel routes mid morning.
in hub areas, all times (these are my favorite places to hunt).

x2 I see deer mostly between 7:30 and 9 but in some of my stands I see deer regularly from dark to 8 so it is all relative to the area. Also if it's really cold out deer tend to stay up and moving or on food sources longer sometimes coming through as late as 10. It is best to sit all morning especially on public land because if you get there before and stay after all the other guys you get more chances at deer that they move around by arriving late and leaving early.

Jerry Jeffer · October 14, 2013, 07:56:00 AM

I have deer around at different times depending where I hunt. Nothing wrong with 8 o'clock

Claym · October 14, 2013, 08:16:00 AM

Same as others have said, it really just depends on where you're hunting as well as the weather, moon phase, etc.

southernwoody · October 14, 2013, 08:29:00 AM

I'm with Shane what are these deer? I've seen two with close to 43 hours in multiple stands

RedShaft · October 14, 2013, 08:34:00 AM

I had a post similar to this. Asked abou deer movement times but didn't he much of a response. ESP those with trail cams out all he time.

I never seen deer until around 8-8:30 or so.

Cyclic-Rivers · October 14, 2013, 08:41:00 AM

last weekened it was about 10:00.

Sam McMichael · October 14, 2013, 07:20:00 PM

I seem to see most of them between 7:30 and 8:30, but some of the biggest deer I have seen came through around 10:00.

dbd870 · October 15, 2013, 08:37:00 AM

8:00 +/- 15 min is probably peak time for me as well; however I killed an 8 right at first light last year and took a doe about 9:30 during ML season the same year so you just never know.

KSdan · October 15, 2013, 12:14:00 PM

As many have said- depends where you are hunting. I can have deer at ANY TIME of day depending on the set-up in regards food sources, bedding areas, weather fronts, temp, and specifically the mating season.

My 2c here- Now don't even get me started on the moon discussion. . . FAR more important factors in our fall rut routine than the moon; i.e food cycle, pressure, weather, doe-buck ratio, phase, etc. FACT: Animal hormones are triggered the same time every year in any given area. The rut is virtually the same time, same phases, same bat station every year- (food and pecking order, cruising, checking out doe family groups, first mature does in estrous, 28 days later peak, lock-down, cruising, sex is done- I am hungry!) No doubt variables affect movement at certain times- but the rut is the rut. Does drop fawns virtually same time every year!

My 2C. . . probably all it is worth I suppose. (It sure does not get me articles in Hunting Magazines!)

Dan in KS

October 15, 2013, 01:02:00 PM

Perhaps it was the particular public ground I was on those years, but when I only hunted in the mornings on that land, I was good at jumping deer in the dark heading in. For a five year run, every deer that I shot was taken between 10 to noon. Lots of times on crowded hunting areas, when I have done a slow sneak in the dark to get all the way back, I have had deer come flying past me in the dark, evading the other hunters that hunted closer to their cars. I learned that when lazy hunters that drive as close to their stands as they can get and put their stands as close to the road as they can, push deer away from their area. The deer that they see probably come from somewhere else, but they put their stands where they see the most close-in deer sign and those are the deer that they chase away in the morning dark.

Rustic · October 15, 2013, 06:32:00 PM

QuoteOriginally posted by 3Feathers:
What is the time period when you start seeing deer?Seems to be around 8oclock for me most of the time.Never really see much at first lite.

X2...
8am has been good for me but I love to be in the woods an hour or two before sunrise...

woodchucker · October 15, 2013, 07:47:00 PM

Over the last 25 years, I have worked mostly overnight 12-8am shifts, and I'm RARELY in the woods before 8am, usualy closer to 9am. Also, Due to commitments, kids getting home from school & such, I seldom hunt after 3pm.

I have NEVER, had a problem with "not seeing deer"...

babs · October 16, 2013, 01:15:00 AM

I shot my buck this year at 7:30 am but I think the hot weather had something to do with it. It all depends I see deer at first light and I see them until noon depends on the weather and time of year.