Deer Hunters, Morning or Evening?

[Roger Norris]

If given only one option, do you prefer to hunt the morning or evening?

[Night Wing]

I like the morning hunts. Without the worry of darkness, the blood trail is easy to follow in the daylight of morning.

[Bob B.]

I agree with Night Wing for the reasons he stated.  That said, I find I see more deer on afternoon/evening hunts.

Bob.

[GreyGoose]

Morning greatly preferred.  (But life intervenes, so 75% of my outings are evenings.)

[Whip]

I answered evening, but on a different day I might have said mornings.  They both are good, and I don't really have a preference.  Over the years though I would say that evenings have been slightly more productive for me.

[xtrema312]

I like tracking in the AM, but I get more shots in the evening.  Plus in the evening I can get into spots without being seen by active deer.  I can also see what the deer are doing and where they are better as light fades so have a chance to take a route out that will disturb fewer deer.  Then there  is the whole sleeping in thing.   :D  

Now in the pre-rut and rut morning is king, and I see most of my deer late morning.  I have been known to sleep in a bit and head out after the sun is up and when I think the does are bedded.

[Mike Vines]

I voted morning.  If you would have asked me on Friday, I would have said evening, but after the weekend I had this past one, I am now a morning guy.

  That being said, I am an opportunistic hunter.  I go when I have the chance and more times than not it is in the evening due to family and job priorities..

[Bobby Urban]

I probably have shot more at night but just cannot find anything I enjoy more than the sunrise from a tree stand.

[Cyclic-Rivers]

I like Mornings but also like sleeping in.

I have had hundreds of oppotunituies in both morning and evening. (I wish I wasnt into Horn Porn back then     )

I prefer Mornings. I Really Like evenings. If I had to pick One, it would be AM.

The thing I like about evening sits, is you know without a doubt when you should leave.  In the Morning I always sit and second guess myself for about 2 hours and then finally talk myself into leaving between 10 and 10:30, unless its the Rut, I will sit all day if i can.

[30coupe]

I've killed more deer in the morning, so I guess that is what I prefer. I like both. Time in the woods is great no matter when it happens.

[robtattoo]

Definately evenings for me.
For one thing, there's the giant magnet that stops me from getting out of bed until it's light enough to see & for another in the evening, your expectations & chances improve the longer you stay in stand. In the morning, the longer you stay, the more frustrated & fidgety you get.

[leatherneck]

I love the mornings. I like to catch a deer going back to his bed tired after a long night in the fields. His guard is down you might say. They seem to be more alert when they have layed all day and are fresh. Not to mention I can stay as long as I want in the mroning. Evenings get cut short because of something called darkness.  

[Shawn Leonard]

I put evenings as I am not a morning person, I have killed more bucks in the morning though. I have killed more deer in the morning as well, probably 75-80 and 30-40 in the evenings. The others were between 10am and 2pm. I just love that last 15 minutes of light, just feels like something is gonna happen. Shawn

[huntmaster80]

I have to go with evenings, I hunt really small patches around home and it seems like I am always pushing deer out of the fields in the am. Wish I had several ways in and out but that just isn't an option where I hunt

[Roger Norris]

Here I am screwing up my own poll....If i had to choose, it would be evenings. I kill more deer in the evening. But I see more mature bucks in the morning.

[jcar315]

Evenings are more productive but I enjoy hunting mornings alot more. Being in the woods as the world come alive.....nothing better.

[Plumber]

I put evening you can set up better or eaiser an the later it gets the more the action builds.

[rolltidehunter]

i like morning hunts better. but i have killed more bucks in the evening

[ron w]

I like the AM...I hate getting up but what'cha gonna do. I hunt in the evening but I hate the thought of leaving a deer over night if I have to. Coyotes around here just clean them up to fast!! In the AM I have all day to track and recover!

[Red Tailed Hawk]

I put morning, not that I am a morning person.

If I do connect with a deer I have the rest of the day to deal with em.

Nothing like watching a sunrise from a treestand or groundblind.

To many times in the eve I have had to get out of my stand in the pitch dark because I had a nice buck lingering just out of range and didnt want to get out of my stand to give away my location.

I have had equal success with both morning and eve hunts.