new to mornings tips

[monkeyman2269]

I usually hunt the afternoon cause of work mornings once in a while but ill be on a 3 to 11 shift for 2 weeks. Was wondering what tips every one can give me thanks.

[monkeyman2269]

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[Waldershrek]

Set your alarm? Don't get drunk the night before?

 

 

Tips as far as what? It's no different than hunting the afternoon really. Probably the biggest tip is get to your stand well before daylight. I'm usually in about 45 minutes to an hour before sunrise.

[TeeBugg]

Be in your stand 30-45 minutes before daylight.

[Five Seasons]

it's really no different than afternoon hunts as far as how to hunt. You should be in the stand set and hanging out at least a 1/2 hour before shooting light (not DEC light). Use a headlamp and use it on low setting and preferably green tinted. You'd be surprised how little light you need. Have your stands well tacked or easy to get to. The thing to know about morning hunting that is probably the biggest difference is that the deer are coming in to bed, instead of the evening where they may be leaving or heading to a food source. So pick your spot according to where you think they're coming from eating and going to sleep. Note that all this changes during the rut.

 

oh and dont forget to be a little creeped out by all the animal noises as you sneak into the woods.

[Waldershrek]

it's really no different than afternoon hunts as far as how to hunt. You should be in the stand set and hanging out at least a 1/2 hour before shooting light (not DEC light). Use a headlamp and use it on low setting and preferably green tinted. You'd be surprised how little light you need. Have your stands well tacked or easy to get to. The thing to know about morning hunting that is probably the biggest difference is that the deer are coming in to bed, instead of the evening where they may be leaving or heading to a food source. So pick your spot according to where you think they're coming from eating and going to sleep. Note that all this changes during the rut.

 

oh and dont forget to be a little creeped out by all the animal noises as you sneak into the woods.

 

I got the holy hell scared out of me last weekend when I apparently woke up some turkeys who roosting in the trees above me

[d-bone20917]

Don't get drunk the night before?

 

 

Let's not get ridiculous!!!

[monkeyman2269]

Haha I pretty much cut drinking out of my life during the season. Only drink a little while watching my bills

[rotorooter23]

Haha I pretty much cut drinking out of my life during the season. Only drink a little while watching my bills

 

hahahahaha! Try watching the Giants, you'll drink a lot.

[Renegade Hunter]

Like Belo said, choose the stand that has the direction of the wind that is blowing away from the food source instead of at it. I have a stand on one side of my field that I will hunt at night because the wind blows out of the woods and into the field. The opposite side is my morning stand. That and I take different routes to the stands. At night I will walk through the field, mornings I go the long way around on the highline and through the woods. 

[monkeyman2269]

I hunt at the end of a 200 acre field no real way to avoid walking it maybe walk the opposite edge of the field? Near the bedding area

[Five Seasons]

I hunt at the end of a 200 acre field no real way to avoid walking it maybe walk the opposite edge of the field? Near the bedding area

 

near the bedding area is never a good idea... but if you had to pick a time and had to be near it, it'd be mornings. Just don't overhunt it. Save it for those perfect days or you'll spook them right out of their beds.