What do you think are the best hours to hunt ?

[LJC]

I like early hunting hours the best first light don't no if that's the best  I just rather hunt when the sun is going up rather then going down ? 

[NFA-ADK]

Dawn to Dusk! 

[stoneam2006]

Dawn to Dusk! 

Win

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[turkeyfeathers]

33 minutes ago, NFA-ADK said:

Dawn to Dusk! 

This. 

Any hour you're not on the couch. You never know ! 

[Buckmaster7600]

The first and last hour and the 8 or 9 between them are your best chances.


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[growalot]

The hours in which you've tagged a deer...have been the best hunting hours for me

[Larry]

All day  sunup to sundown

[GreeneHunter]

14 hours ago, NFA-ADK said:

Dawn to Dusk! 

Throughout the years I've taken Deer at just about any hour of the day , but I've never nailed one from the couch !  You never know !

[eagle rider]

as many as I can but work interiors too much!

[ApexerER]

I enjoy the first hour the most...as the woods are waking up but anytime I am in the stand is a good time...I hope

[Huntscreek]

Depends on time of season. I always enjoy that hour sit before light until 9am, no matter when. During the Rut All Day, in early season morning and evening.

[BigVal]

I like the first few hours normally but this year is strange I've been seeing lots of mid day activity 

[Core]

As close to sunrise and sunset as possible. I've been running two cams on one spot now for exactly a month. Here is the day the deer showed up and the exact time. At this location it's interesting to note they actually are not there much at night. 

SEPTEMBER 8 (1:32 am), 10 (10:49 am), 15 (5:46 pm), 16 (10:00 AM), 18 (5;07 pm), 19 (5:40 PM), 20 (4:32 pm, 9:51 pm), 22 (7:36 am, 11:44 pm), 23 (2:34 pm)
, 25 (6:37 am, 9:13 am), 26 (7:46 am, 8:32 am), 27 (6:40 pm), 28 (6:12 pm), 30 (6:03 am)

OCTOBER 2 (5:40 pm), 6 (9:21 am)

Of 20 total sightings over this period only 4-5 were actually during dark hours, and one barely. I did have a number of night pics with nothing in them, though; these may be deer, but I don't date them unless I can confirm with certainty a deer in the pic. Of the remainder, almost half were basically within an hour of sunrise or sunset (on the shooting side of it).

Only ONE single sighting between the hours of 11 am and 4 pm, and this was a fawn that shot through pretty quickly (assume mother was somewhere).

So, hunting this spot between 11 and 4 would be as close to a complete waste of time as one could have while hunting. Simply not going to see anything. Yet, spending the last two hours before sunset, starting on the 15th (no idea where they were between 9-13) you had about a 1/3rd chance of deer coming under.

Also wondering where the hell the deer went after the 2nd. They basically just stopped visiting here. Have to wonder if the momma got taken out.

Edited October 8, 2016 by Core