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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 20, 2005 5:11:51 GMT -5
My list of "Pros" and Cons" of both.
What are your "Pros" and "Cons"??
MORNINGS…
Some Pros –
The beautiful sunrises
The woods waking up sounds
Very few people out
Breakfast with buddies
Fresh donuts at the gas station
If you shoot one you can track in daylight
It’s cooler
Less bugs
Some Cons –
You have to get up early
Finding you way to the stand in the dark
You have to get up early
The later it gets on the stand the less likely to see a deer
You have to get up early
EVENINGS…
Some Pros -
The beautiful sunsets
The later it gets the more likely you’ll see a deer
You don’t have to get up early
Some Cons –
If you shoot one you might have to track in the dark
It’s warmer
More bugs
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Post by DEERTRACKS on Oct 20, 2005 7:23:07 GMT -5
I enjoy hunting both prime times equally, but I prefer mornings as I would much rather follow a blood trail in the light of day than in the dark.
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Post by hunter7x on Oct 20, 2005 7:57:56 GMT -5
Once a few years ago I went back and looked at the number of bucks I've killed and I don't remember the exact number, I have killed far more bucks in the afternoon.
I also can stay on stand easier in the afternoon than I can in the morning. Time goes better for me or something, but I have a much more difficult time sitting until say 10:00 a.m. than I do sitting from 2:00p.m. until dark.
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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 20, 2005 8:00:50 GMT -5
................ I also can stay on stand easier in the afternoon than I can in the morning. Time goes better for me or something, but I have a much more difficult time sitting until say 10:00 a.m. than I do sitting from 2:00p.m. until dark. Do you think it is in anticipation that as the evening progresses the more likely to see some "action"?? |
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Post by hunter7x on Oct 20, 2005 8:10:13 GMT -5
I would say so and the same for morning hunts the later it gets the less likely something is going to come by.
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Post by trapperdave on Oct 20, 2005 9:15:16 GMT -5
I too have seen and killed most of my bucks in the evening (4pm on) and find it much easier to sit from 2 till dark than predawn till ten. Also the places I hunt are small woodlots for the most part and its harder to get into in the a.m. without spooking deer.
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Post by kevin1 on Oct 20, 2005 9:54:11 GMT -5
Despite the fact that I have to get up at 4:30 every morning for work , or maybe because of it  , I prefer to hunt afternoons . I also see more deer then . |
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Post by mbogo on Oct 20, 2005 11:13:44 GMT -5
I see most of my deer during afternoon hunts also, but that is mostly because it is hard to where I do without spooking deer in the mornings. I start to see more deer in the mornings during the last week of early archery and throughout firearms season.
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Post by bigugly on Oct 20, 2005 13:43:20 GMT -5
I love the fresh crisp early morning air, the sounds of the world coming to life, the feeling of the warming sun on my face and the fact I've shot most of my deer in the morning.
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Post by drs on Oct 20, 2005 13:46:53 GMT -5
I've always enjoyed hunting in the mornings, being in my treestand before dawn. I have also hunted in late afternoon, but have passed up shots at deer as I was afraid they might run off after being shot.
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Post by rjs on Oct 20, 2005 19:39:01 GMT -5
I prefer eveining hunts, but after i looked back over a lot of seasons in my journal,i have taken more deer on morning hunts, THAT DONT MAKE ANY SENSE
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Post by indianagooseman on Oct 20, 2005 19:58:00 GMT -5
I love to hunt the mornings but I REALLY hate wakin' up to do it.
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Post by 911 on Oct 20, 2005 20:33:54 GMT -5
I Like the mornings better but i have killed more deer in the evening.
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Post by raporter1 on Oct 20, 2005 21:41:45 GMT -5
I love to hunt the mornings but I REALLY hate wakin' up to do it. Put me in that camp too. |
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Post by duff on Oct 20, 2005 22:57:52 GMT -5
I really love the morning hunts. My whole life I have been a pretty chipper morning person so that helps. Too much noise in the evenings, I don't have the best vision so that magic time when it comes to a fine line of too dark or just enough light is off limits and so is blood trail at night. I have killed all my deer but one in the morning.
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Post by turkeyscout on Oct 21, 2005 11:17:40 GMT -5
i love the morning hunts best, but where i hunt (owen county) one week the mornings seem to be best, next week they move better in the evening ,then back to mornings, then later on in the season mid -day is ok. so i just hunt all the time.....good luck turkey scout p.s. on morning hunts if i look at my watch,i"m climbing down in five minutes. i hate that watch!
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Post by cday on Oct 22, 2005 15:39:11 GMT -5
Myself I perfer morning hunts over evening hunts even though I hunt both when I can. Most of all my deer have been taken in the morning to midday. But I do not get up very early and I do not try to get out there before daylight either. So most of the time I do not get to where I want to hunt until after 7:00 am and usually hunt til noon or later.
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Post by duff on Oct 22, 2005 16:03:38 GMT -5
Add another deer to my morning hunts.
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Post by bsutravis on Oct 23, 2005 7:18:02 GMT -5
Mornings are way better for me....it just stinks to get up at 415am to make an hour drive to my happy hunting grounds. (I need something closer!!!!)
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, I prefer to hunt afternoons . I also see more deer then . 
