Should You Ever Hunt Deer In The morning?
2023 ж. 19 Мау.
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Should you ever deer hunt during the morning for a big ole buck? Well not if you don't follow these morning deer hunting rules...
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“Should you ever hunt deer in the morning”? ABSOLUTELY!! 3 biggest deer I have ever seen was early morning. One of them is my biggest whitetail to date. 🤘
Nothing better than seeing the sunrise from a deer stand during November.
Amen to that Cris!
I get busted more walking out on afternoon hunts then I ever get busted walking in the mornings. Mornings are the best time to hunt for the property I hunt. I can slip in close to bedding way before the deer start heading back from the ag fields on the neighboring properties. The deer generally start making it to the bedding around 8:30-10:30am
Any of the hunting months Chris, October, November or December.
From mid-October on... lol
I always hunt mornings as much as afternoons. I have limited time to hunt, whenever I can get the woods I do.
Same here
I wish this channel would cover some stuff more pertinent to the Southeast. Let me tell you , in Eastern NC , bucks are coming out early because it’s so hot even into November, December.
Big boys love to move in the morning is my experience!! Can’t wait
We can't wait either!
I’ve only seen, shot at, and killed deer in mornings. Public land. No ag, clear cuts, water sources. Almost all pine, very few hardwoods
i see so many more deer in morning’s then i do in the afternoons, i see all my buck in the morning sit and in the afternoon all i see is doe 30 minutes before dark, so i try to hunt mornings whenever i can
i always see the biggest bucks and the most does when I am driving to or from hunting. my favorite is when i get home frustrated and see a 10 point standing in my back yard. C'est La Vie.
Last year I completely changed the way I hunt after my first year on this new land revealed I cannot hunt mornings here, especially in early season. I used to love mornings and they were always my most productive hunts. I wont hunt mornings any longer until Muzzleloader season, and even then I spooked deer early and my number 1 hit lister.. Luckily it was the first time I had spooked him all year and I tagged him about 30 minutes later.
Awesome, love the way you laid out you access and exit. I could fully understand what you were talking about. Great job.
Early season bow ( October) in my area most mature bucks are in bed before daylight in the morning. You will see does with fawns and small bucks but doubtful you'll see a big buck. I run trail cameras year around and that's just how it is. Now after Halloween the game changes. If a nice cold front comes in you can catch mature bucks sneaking around before they go to bed. Once the rut is really going I've shot more mature bucks in the late mornings sneaking around between 8 to 12. Late season I see bucks morning and evening because less pressure and better colder weather. But I would say I've shot more mature bucks in late morning than evening hunts. And midday is a great time depending on the weather in pre rut and rut for big mature bucks. But this is just my experience in my area after over 40 years of hunting. I hunt Oklahoma Kansas border with some crop fields and lots of oak ridges, persimmons and creek bottoms.
I’m guilty of hunting mornings 90% of the time. Every single one of my deer, which is only 4 in the 2 years I’ve been hunting were in the mornings though and not a very high success rate per amount of sits. Still a lot to learn.
That’s just hunting brother, your gonna sit wayyyy more without pulling the trigger, especially if you are chasing mature bucks
Thank you for all your content as I invest at least 40 hours per week studying and researching anything on deer behavior. 72 acres in Alabama here (just me hunting). One suggestion: a decal or small sign to tag food plots and development on property to go will orders from your online store. I made my first order a few days ago for some Cereal Rye to top off some areas to get me to Spring for the beginning of the Ultimate No Till Food Plot for the very first time.
40 hours per week is insane Man, 8 hours a day studying deer movement?
@@calebstearns250 pretty much any time I'm at work, I have something going to listen to regarding deer management.
@@JerryRMartin heck yeah man that’s some serious devoted time. I usually watch around bed time and I love Jeff, and exodus outdoors and Dan infalt out of all the “hunting professionals. Those three seem to be the best for learning purposes
@@calebstearns250 Jeff and Jim Ward are usually my go-to guys. It sounds insane to get that many hours in, but it's pretty effortless while at the office watching cellular activity at the farm. :) The does are pretty much on lockdown right now here in Alabama. More buck activity...and, coons as usual! :)
I’m at 50/50 of bucks killed in the morning vs evening sits here in Massachusetts. No doubt largest bucks were killed afternoon during lousy weather hunts in November.
I enjoy your videos. Keep them coming.
Thanks a lot Craig I will do my best!
Awesome video
You teach me something new every video I watch, thanks Jeff!
Great information. When will your next book come out? Also do you have videos about connecting wet areas and dry?
Painted a great picture of the hunt, it’s just that easy lol. Thanks Jeff
Haha 😊 Thanks!
I have shot big bucks am pm both. Do what makes you happy.
I'm happy going on a nice drive in the country with a good time on...this video tho, is for those that want to take their hunting to the next level by hunting smart 😉
my bucks are split evenly between morning midday and evening..
Not sure what the deal is on my property but I seem to shoot my oldest bucks after 930. and right before dark. Sometimes I feel like I should just sleep in.
Some times it is much better to sleep in 😊
I agree in both cases for SW Mich. But I find I have to be there well ahead of daylight and wait for all the other deer to pass through before the bucks start their movement.
It’s the same for me in NE Ohio
You probably have the primary bedding on your property and their destination food source is a decent travel distance. Good for you!
If you sleep in, and let's say you walk to your stand at 8:45 am, you will likely disturb animals and lowering the odds of a buck coming in. Not to mention your scent trail would be much fresher than walking in three hours earlier. Basically, the way you are morning hunting is putting deer in front of you in the morning, it's working, don't mess with success.
Jeff I have an 85 acre parcel that was hammered by EHD 2 years ago. I deliberately haven't hunted there for the last 2 years. The property has everything a mature buck needs. Will mature deer migrate from other areas to make this habitat their new home?
I hunt mornings until it get into the last 2 weeks of black powder when it is in the negative temps. Once the colder weather hits the afternoon is better as long as you are set up correctly.
Great information Jeff. Like you I agree about the morning hunt I do have to be honest. I have found that most of my successful morning hunts are after Oct 20. Even with a good coldfront earlier than Oct 20. It seems to be not as successful on older class bucks. That date seems to be the start date for better morning activity at least for me here in SW Wisconsin. AGian thanks for great content.
All but one successful hunt for me over the past 10 years have been morning, mature bucks- agree it's not ideal but I can't sleep in during peak rut, just the way it worked out. Despite hunting private farms, I believe it's still due to less pressure/human activity, in the mornings, compared to evenings.
That's my game here in eastern Kentucky too...waiting on late October frost! 🙂
@@underdogoutdoors I agree 100%
@@shadowdawg04 Late Oct is always great for us up here in Wisconsin also! More when the temps drop also but the last week of Oct always seem to be the start of our prerut. The breeding time of rut happens the same time of year each year. Temps designate the time of day it happens allot.
My areas have hunting pressure with that said you waste your time early season hunting mornings big boys already in bed hour or 2 prior to light based on my cameras I only hunt mornings Oct 30/ November 14 ish
I always see the biggest Deer from 10-2. I think they like to cruise when they know does are bedded. They scent check bedding areas down wind. Might be wrong.
And when hunters leave
so my entire property is in between my uncles house and his agg field with no other access to our stands than from the front of the property where his house is. this year we have corn in it. will it be ok to walk to the stand in the morning when the corn is up. my guess is they will be in the neighbors bean fields, but i just thought i would get your 2 cents on it.
I do all day sits. I useally sit for eight to ten hours. I've seen more deer in the morning. I rarely see anything at night
I don't really consider my morning hunts to be "morning hunts. I really just try to get in early and let things calm down until I start to see movement again around 9 or 10, sometimes even closer to noon. I've only ever shot deer in the afternoon, but then again, I've only ever shot 2 deer. Still very new to the whole thing. Unfortunately, the area that I hunt is not mine and has literally none of the requirements listed in this video. Maybe I'll just start getting more sleep.
Do you think I can plant soybeans with no till no drill just broadcast and spray overgrown field 12 inches high of weeds and such and have a successful plot?
75% days of my kills are AM… But during the Rut, I prefer the evening…
I’m hunting in south west Louisiana getting deer at night nothing during the day what can I do are Chang
Mornings are best in rut Figure it out
After a front especially
First. keep them coming Jeff!!
Thanks a lot I will do my best!
Which of your seed blends would you recommend for a no till half acre kill plot in sw Virginia mostly hunted in October? Love the content!
+1
Dude the food is everywhere where I hunt. It’s all oak forest…16000 acres of public land with like 3-4 fields. How can you plan your entrance exit on public land of that size? I usually hike 2 miles before I pick a spot because I want to go further than everyone else. That’s how I’ve gotten my big bucks. I just don’t know how to plan a hunt on such a large piece of oak forest
I have what is probably a stupid question ... black bears are a bit of a concern for me walking in the pitch black with bears in the area.... found fresh ( still steaming) bear scat 40 yards from my tree stand... lol any suggestions on how to get passed that...
Carry a sidearm
I really like to sit shooting down 😂😂😂
Amen to that!
What are your observations on deer that share land with cattle? I have 150 acres but it has cattle on it.
It severely hampers your potential....turns a 150 acre parcel into a 40 or less if that makes sense?
Million Dollar question. Do or should you use a flashlight walking in the morning. I typically try not to as much as possible, but I find that the older my eyes are getting the harder it is to see, especially in the woods and I'v gotten off my access and it was 30 yards before I realized it. I was always that flashlights are a big no no, but then some guys say as long as you point them at the ground they are fine and more beneficial then stumbling over stuff or stepping on large sticks.
Definitely not in open country/open ag land. We even ride our Quietkats with zero light. But in the woods I use a low, moonlight setting pointed mostly straight down. About 1 lumens. If really thick tho I use more light. But rest assured without any doubt...lights spook deer!
I wait until grey light to walk in. When I was younger I used green or red light to walk in but I was usually walking way back in the dark. Now that I'm older I walk in when you can see, not sunrise but just the grey light that you can follow your trail to your stand or blind. I don't spook deer and I see plenty of deer doing it this way. In my area they're usually coming back from crops or acorns so you have time before they start wandering by the area I'm hunting.
Love my Cyclops green light...
How does the presence of a large predator affect deer hunting? If wolves or mountain lions were re-introduced to eastern states, where they’re currently not present would habitat management for deer become irrelevant, because those deer are always on the lookout for those predators. Therefore there’s no way to pattern them?
What you see all the time is that they become displaced for several days ...
Thanks Jeff
Do you own this land? Did you inherit this land? All this seems great, but I don't have any of these resources.
Nope...worked my ass off, sacrificed and bought it all on my own, from nothing. I also have killed around 39 bucks on public land in 3 states...Anyone can do that...even if you don't work hard, save and buy your own land 😉
If this is the guy that does the videos, I like your message, but I see excellent deer, but as a 61 year old truck driver who lives in an area where there isn't 180 class deer, I don't have the resources or the youth to drag stands in and out
Saw 3 bucks opening day at 6:00am
Nice...
How much land are you talking about in this video?
32 acres in WI, 255 acres in MN, and then on public land....
@whitetailhabitatsolutions9751 jeff, you sure know your stuff! I like all of your advice. I shared it with my friend that's been hunting around 40 years in Tennessee. I can't remember if it was you or someone else, but he said that darkness of antlers has nothing to do with aging. He also said he's had several old bucks that horns were white and young bucks with dark horns. I like getting different perspectives. I sure wished I would have watched your videos b4 I built my house in the middle of my hunting area. Like I said b4, my front yard is my evening food plots, and bc I walk down the driveway (plots on both sides) on my way to my morning spot, the deer come out later in field and all I can do is see them on cans at night. I just don't have a solution for this problem.
Yes I killed most of my biggest bucks in the morning
Definitely the best time to hunt for the oldest bucks overall!
Lol! No, stay in bed until noon! Waste of time😂😂🙄
I've killed my biggest bucks in Texas and Arkansas in the mornings
Awesome places to hunt!
On my farm I hunt mainly evenings. I see most of my big bucks in the evening or late afternoon. I will often go in around 3 in the afternoon I don't hunt many mornings until the rut which in my area is about the second week in November but I usually start around the first weekend in November and Hunt rut funnels and travel corridors etc. Late-season I will do a little bit more morning hunting but I have to be very careful my property has a lot of high ridges valleys 300 acres so the topography is very diverse. Last year will hunting on a bench up pretty high got busted by about 160 in buck that was down below me I mainly bow hunt so there wasn't much I could do as he stood there blowing at me from 75 yards away. The bottom on the creek is mainly pasture with strips of timber up high again it's pasture and in the middle it's the sidehill The ridges dropping down to the lower pasture are steep in places, side hills and the ridges have a lot of benches and travel corridors. (Log roads) I've only had this farm 3 years now so I'm still really learning it. Set up several mock scrapes with hanging Vines one gets used a lot everyday. No water holes yet I've got several ponds on the property in a large creek but I do plan on putting a few in here and there.
Sit shooting down xD
Most of the bucks I’ve shot were taken in the morning I hunt 50/50 morning and evening hunts what I have notice most deer activity in the evening are almost at dark now that being said I have seen bucks at 4and 5 but most at dark.
MOST OF MY KILLS HAS BEEN WHEN THE SUN IS JUST POPPING OUT. AND THE REST HAS BEEN RIGHT WHEN THE SUN HAS ALMOST GONE.
Apparently they are letting us bait in BC now. What a joke
Oh boy...