Hunt till dark?

[MnFn]

Agreed, Brock

[Recurve50 LBS]

Skipper those bears couldn't care less when I was there. Brazen and unafraid of humans. Unfortunately in NJ it is illegal to carry a pistol or bear spray for protection from bears. I do know of archery hunters who bring a couple blunts to whack the bears with to chase them away from their stands.

[bamboo]

come on BUCKY!!!those jersey bears just need a hug!!HAHAHA!!!

[woodchucker]

Nope, Seldom hunt past 3pm.....

I've only "lost" 4 deer in my life, and all of them were shot in the evening.....

[BWD]

When bow hunting public land, during gun season,I sit until the beam from my flashlight is visible from a long ways off.

[Pine]

I hunt until I cant see , and when I get out of the woods there is usually enough light to see where I am walking .

[BUCKY]

I hate bears.

[bamboo]

....but they love you!


BUCKY they are all over up here with the warm weather!

[BUCKY]

Thanks Mike,just what I wanted to hear.

[bamboo]

BXBXBXBX[bear hugs!!]

[frankwright]

I hunt more mornings than evening for various reasons but evenings can be the best times.

I usually hunt until I don't feel I can see well enough to pick the exact spot on the deer. When the leaves on the ground start losing detail, I know I am done.
I like it a lot better if someone else is close by to help me look or drag but I do go alone if I have to.

[elkken]

It depends on the location I am hunting. Washington is half hour before and after sunrise/sunset. If I am in thick stuff I leave when I can no longer see to get a good shot, if there are deer present I wait until they leave or it is DARK. If I'm hunting with snow on the ground and it is brighter I will stay later. I prefer to hunt evenings but will hunt the am hunt if deer are moving good.

[ChuckC]

I usually hunt until I can't see well enough to tell if the deer is legal or is really a doe (not a spike).  After that, I tend to quietly get down and leave.  Plus, I can generally see well enough to leave without using a flashlight that way.  

Of course, I wear one (head lamp) for walking thru certain areas that might be "inhabited" (I hunt public) cause I don't want to get shot by someone who has better eyes than I do and stay in the tree much later (being clear. .  I mean AFTER shooting time is over, I won't walk thru them during the last seconds of the day).

ChuckC

[Cootling]

I don't know how regulations read in other states, but here we are required to leave the field at the end of legal shooting hours. Staying on stand after the end of shooting time is considered hunting. Makes sense to me because it is impossible to look at a hunter in a tree and determine whether or not he intends to shoot a deer.