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For many years I swore the best time to be out in the woods with the greatest odds of shooting a buck was those few hours that make up first light thru sunrise. The problem I feel with hunting at that time is I've bumped many deer while I walked in the darkness to the tree. I've changed my thinking the last few seasons and have been putting more time in afternoon and evening hunts.
I hunt mostly wooded areas with low lying marsh/swamps mixed in. There aren't any farms or ag fields so the deer are feeding in the mast trees which are everywhere so I setup on trails from bedding areas usually. I know if you find the does you find the bucks and I've had success at all times but I'd like to hear what you guys think as far as your thought process for why you prefer a certain time of the day. Get there early and catch them going to bed or get there later and catch them leaving to feed?
I hunt mostly wooded areas with low lying marsh/swamps mixed in. There aren't any farms or ag fields so the deer are feeding in the mast trees which are everywhere so I setup on trails from bedding areas usually. I know if you find the does you find the bucks and I've had success at all times but I'd like to hear what you guys think as far as your thought process for why you prefer a certain time of the day. Get there early and catch them going to bed or get there later and catch them leaving to feed?