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Post by gillgrabber on Dec 11, 2007 21:24:51 GMT -5
I've read a lot about the importance of sitting in your stand all day - especially during the rut. Seems many hunters (myself included) make a habit of hunting the first & last few hours of the day but leave their stands to eat lunch and miss some prime hunting hours. This leads me to ask: for those of you who took nice bucks this year, what time of the day did you shoot them?
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Post by Deleted on Dec 11, 2007 21:41:35 GMT -5
did not take 1 but missed the biggest buck i,v seen all yr during bow season at 11:45 nov , 10 th
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Post by danf on Dec 11, 2007 21:46:49 GMT -5
Took my 8 point at ~7:40 November 8. Hadn't been on stand more than 5 minutes either!!  I had planned on staying all day though. Who knows if I would have seen anything bigger.... |
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Post by trophyhunter1 on Dec 11, 2007 21:52:34 GMT -5
took a couple at 11:30, planned on staying both days till dark..
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Post by hoosierhuntinful on Dec 11, 2007 21:53:21 GMT -5
i have video of a decent 125 inch 10 point taken at 11:40......a bud bowkilled a bruiser 140+ 8 point a few minutes past noon.....both were on Nov. 10th i believe
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Post by 10point on Dec 11, 2007 22:12:46 GMT -5
I killed my 9 pointer this year at about 8 am. Killed a small yearling buck at 1:40 on Nov 13.
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Post by cooncrazy on Dec 11, 2007 22:28:49 GMT -5
my girlfriends 10 point was killed at 11:30am...
my brothers 12 point was killed at 12:30pm the very next day.. opening weekend of firearms
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Post by hoosier on Dec 12, 2007 0:30:29 GMT -5
125-ish 8 pointer, November 9th, 4:00 p.m. Sat plenty through the middle of the day this bow season and saw a bigger 140" 8 pointer. That's the only buck worth mentioning during the middle of the day though.
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Post by indybrad on Dec 12, 2007 8:23:31 GMT -5
I shot my buck at 11:30 am. I think it was the 3rd or 4th weekend of archery. I didn't get in my stand till 9:00 because of the full moon. It was a nice 10 point that might score around 130.
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Post by bdeom on Dec 12, 2007 8:27:10 GMT -5
I shot my 10 pointer at 10:30 in the morning!!
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Post by swilk on Dec 12, 2007 8:48:06 GMT -5
I killed my buck this year at 10:00 on the first Sunday.
I did sit all day long on opening day and saw a total of 56 deer. The only period of time I did not see a deer was between the hours of 2-3:00.
Between 12:00 and 1:00 I saw a total of 5 different bucks.
The largest deer that I saw that day were in the last 2 hours of light.
I have seen big deer at all hours of the day .....
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Post by RiverJim on Dec 12, 2007 8:48:36 GMT -5
I missed (thanks Mr. twig I couldn't see in my peep) a nice 8 pointer around 1ish the last week of early archery.
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Post by drs on Dec 12, 2007 11:12:25 GMT -5
I haven't taken a Buck, this year yet, but the ones I've taken have been before 10:00 am.
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Post by oldhoyt on Dec 12, 2007 12:09:28 GMT -5
I shot mine at 11:45, 8 pt, 175 lbs.
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Post by hunter7x on Dec 12, 2007 13:02:30 GMT -5
I killed my state park buck buck at 12:45 this year and my girlfriend killed her buck this year at 12:50. In the past I have killed and seen a lot of deer during the times a lot of hunters are not in the woods.
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Post by deerpreacher on Dec 12, 2007 15:20:03 GMT -5
I took the first at 8:15 am on the first Tues. of gun and then I took a buck on the state park hunt at Versailles at 1:45 pm.
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Post by steiny on Dec 13, 2007 19:40:01 GMT -5
My buddy killed a great 10 point at noon opening day.
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