Amen, only reason I watch the sunrise from the tree is bc it’s hard to beat such scenery, but I’m not expecting deer until after 9am. Like you I can count on half a hand how many I’ve seen that first hour of daylight. Now dusk is a diff story, but most of my deer killed have been between 1100 and 1400. But I’m a morning person and I love being up before or as the suns rising.
Agreed buddy. I’ve not killed as many deer as you but out of all of them I’ve only killed one within an hour of light. The rest were closer to noon than dark. Great channel. Thanks for passing on your knowledge.
It’s funny, but I think wether we realize it or not, a lot of us were kinda just waiting for someone to tell us this is O.K……LOL. Thanks for all the work you put in and the work it takes to record, review and edit these vids for the rest of us. It is much appreciated. Good hunting !
Thank you so much this is some really positive reinforcement I know I've gotten up late before and go setup I'm too late I have one stand you can almost set your clock buy at 8:40 the deer show up so I've already been sitting there almost 2 hours thank you man
Couldn't agree more. In fact half the time I say screw getting up early and I don't get in a tree untill 9 or 10 am. Killed my buck on public last year like that actually. Anytime is the best time
Agree 100%. I try to hunt every chance I can. Often that means going out at 9am and sitting until noon and then back to work. Or other odd scenarios. They all produce very well.
I'm usually really strict about getting up super early and being in the tree for at least an hour before it gets light out but this year at one of my spots that was logged last year it's so much easier to sneak in right at sunup. Don't have to worry about spooking deer and making tons of noise
10-2 seems to be a great time for deer sightings and not just during the rut. I see the most deer in the last hour of light but 10-2 is my next best time to be in the woods.
This very much depends on the setup, area, time of year, etc... Where I'm at during the hard rut and late rut, a hug buck went thru right at daylight on a cold day several times, and then the rest of the bucks went through continually from 8 to 11 a.m. and some in the later afternoon...This year I shot a monster of a lifetime buck at 4 pm, and then another dandy bow buck at 10:45 a. m.
I find that all hours of the day anytime of the season can be great. Deer get up and out of bedding to eat mid day too. So even early season mid day is fantastic
Can’t kill a deer sitting on the couch , I needed to hear this been sitting until 10/11 go home for a bite and practice my aim then back out for 3 . Going to start packing a lunch and stay out all day I have the month off and it’s getting cold here in Canada long sits are tough but can be done !!
Sounds like a great plan. Just remember it's suppose to be fun. If you want to get down early do it, if you want to sit all day do it. Hunt hard but most of all have fun.
I always get to sleep my mornings in and show up to public late morning when all the hunters are leaving the woods. They think I’m crazy but deer that live on highly pressured land in deed do pattern hunters. They know when a majority of hunters leave the area with that small window of opportunity for them to roam more freely, And I’ve witnessed it first hand 15 years ago. I’ve taken many deer doing this plus the thermals are pulling in my favor by that time frame
Great advice for people that have a hard time waking up. I can’t really shake the mental game that if I’m not in the woods at daylight I have to wait till the afternoon. I had a buck cross the driveway at 11:00 while I stacked wood. I could’ve been in stand at 10:00 and killed him as he walked right by my stand. I think the morning and evening sits began because that’s when deer move “most” since they are crepuscular. Naturally, hunters want to be in the woods when the odds of seeing a deer are the highest. Most deer I’ve killed in the morning have been after 8 and after 3 in the evening with the last hour being the best. I’ve killed a few midday but the action definitely seems slower. But I also don’t hunt much midday because of impatience.
@@SamkoTradBow I'm now looking at the hunting day a little different I was trying to do more mid-day hunting anyway. I always felt this rush to get out there before daybreak. Thanks
Never thought of it that way. Always felt I had to be on stand before daylight because it let things settle down before sunrise. BUT, now that I think about it, I've only really shot a handful of deer in that first hour of daylight. Then again I'm in farm County so I'm trying to beat deer to the woods. Damn, inner battle starting now lol!! Only the best videos make you think and rethink how you do things. Thank you for your time and effort putting out content for us.
Still a good idea to be on stand before legal shooting light when you can. But main point was any hour of legal day light is a great time to hunt. And mid day sits can be the best out of all of them
All depends on personal perspective! I look at like you can’t hunt from the couch, more time in the woods the better and anything can happen at anytime so be there especially during the rut!
I don’t usually hunt by the clock, I usually hunt by the moon, and if I feel like deer are going to move that day or not, i’ve shot one of the biggest 10 Point bucks I ever killed at 1 PM, I used to hunt every single day twice a day for the whole hunting season which is more than 90 days, and I might only get seven or eight deer, now you can only get three bucks, so I usually get one in the freezer and then slack up a little bit trying to make sure the other two are pretty big bodied deer, and of course you can get a doe a day but I don’t shoot mama deer, at least not on my hunting land.
the seat on the beast stand is the most comfortable seat I have ever been on! I love it. Just did 7 alll days sits in missouri in it and 4 all days sits in ks with it. 10-12 hours sits. cake walk.
Very much depends on how/where you set up your hunts. Many hunters place stands in locations that favor those early morning or late evening deer movements and those locations may be very non-productive for mid-day. The solution for that is to change your strategy and hunt locations where deer are more likely to move mid-day, most likely, deeper in the woods, close to bedding areas, and travel corridors between those areas. It is enjoyable to watch the woods come alive at first light, deer or no deer.
Very true. Point of the vid wasn't to tell people not to hunt morning or evening. But rather to let them know any minute of day light is a great time to hunt. And mid day can be the best in many situations.
so true. cant kill them in camp. hunt when ya can. but yea i see more usually after 9. I've been three times this year. once i got on stand at 10 and stayed until dark. I didn't see a thing but was confident in my spot. then last Saturday i went for a morning hunt until 1030 or so and was late leaving house (daylight already) and had to be back at lunch to help with kids. went back at 230 and stayed it past dark. had a decent 6 or 8 come in range but bad angles with saplings on the ground and never got a good shot. i had a couple shots but were marginal with the saplings. he came in downwind but never smelled or spooked.. just feeding along on acorns.
Let the deer tell you! Deer eat up to 5 times a day so they are always moving just depends if it's where you are! After raising goats which are very similar to deer behavior. They all have different behaviors and personality. Some might like daylight movement and some mid day. Dependent of pressure of course
I do not. Never carried a gun for animal protection before. With the exception of when I have my wife or daughter with me. Then I carry to protect them bit mostly from people. Now if I was out west I'd carry because of the lions. But bears don't worry me. I have had so many encounters with bears and they want nothing to do with you. I used to chase them out of my yard in my underwear yelling at them and running as fast as I could for a hundred yards to scare them away. Didn't want them hanging around my house when my kids were little. But if you want to carry a gun for protection there is absolutely nothing wrong with that!! If you have any questions on good calibers or how to carry I can help ya. I'm a huge fan of carrying in the woods even though I don't personal do it much.
@@SamkoTradBow Have you ever encountered a big brown bear? The big brown bear weighs 800 kilograms and is extremely aggressive. Not long ago, in Russia, a big brown bear swallowed a very strong young guy.
@@matthewyu3531 nope do not have browns or grizzly anywhere where I hunt. Not 100% sure what I'd carry in brown bear country. Probably my 10mm as I shoot it so well.
Exactly and if you have limited amount of time to hunt use all of that time during legal shooting light rather then wasting 25% of it sitting in the dark when you can not legally hunt
Amen, only reason I watch the sunrise from the tree is bc it’s hard to beat such scenery, but I’m not expecting deer until after 9am. Like you I can count on half a hand how many I’ve seen that first hour of daylight. Now dusk is a diff story, but most of my deer killed have been between 1100 and 1400. But I’m a morning person and I love being up before or as the suns rising.
Agree with everything said in this comment. And appreciate the comment
Agreed buddy. I’ve not killed as many deer as you but out of all of them I’ve only killed one within an hour of light. The rest were closer to noon than dark. Great channel. Thanks for passing on your knowledge.
Yep same here! Glad you are enjoying the content
It’s funny, but I think wether we realize it or not, a lot of us were kinda just waiting for someone to tell us this is O.K……LOL. Thanks for all the work you put in and the work it takes to record, review and edit these vids for the rest of us. It is much appreciated. Good hunting !
Thanks. Greatly appreciate this comment. Makes all the hard work worth doing!
YOU SPEAK THE TRUTH! GREAT VIDEO, ALWAYS THUMBS UP!!!
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it
Thank you so much this is some really positive reinforcement I know I've gotten up late before and go setup I'm too late I have one stand you can almost set your clock buy at 8:40 the deer show up so I've already been sitting there almost 2 hours thank you man
Yep anytime it's daylight is a great time to hunt
Couldn't agree more. In fact half the time I say screw getting up early and I don't get in a tree untill 9 or 10 am. Killed my buck on public last year like that actually. Anytime is the best time
Agree 100%. I try to hunt every chance I can. Often that means going out at 9am and sitting until noon and then back to work. Or other odd scenarios. They all produce very well.
I actually prefer going in and being able to see. Especially in new spots.
I'm usually really strict about getting up super early and being in the tree for at least an hour before it gets light out but this year at one of my spots that was logged last year it's so much easier to sneak in right at sunup. Don't have to worry about spooking deer and making tons of noise
10-2 seems to be a great time for deer sightings and not just during the rut. I see the most deer in the last hour of light but 10-2 is my next best time to be in the woods.
Yep love mid day all time of the year
Great comments and video. So true, we overthink deer hunting
Agree 100%
This very much depends on the setup, area, time of year, etc... Where I'm at during the hard rut and late rut, a hug buck went thru right at daylight on a cold day several times, and then the rest of the bucks went through continually from 8 to 11 a.m. and some in the later afternoon...This year I shot a monster of a lifetime buck at 4 pm, and then another dandy bow buck at 10:45 a. m.
I find that all hours of the day anytime of the season can be great. Deer get up and out of bedding to eat mid day too. So even early season mid day is fantastic
Can’t kill a deer sitting on the couch , I needed to hear this been sitting until 10/11 go home for a bite and practice my aim then back out for 3 . Going to start packing a lunch and stay out all day I have the month off and it’s getting cold here in Canada long sits are tough but can be done !!
Sounds like a great plan. Just remember it's suppose to be fun. If you want to get down early do it, if you want to sit all day do it. Hunt hard but most of all have fun.
I always get to sleep my mornings in and show up to public late morning when all the hunters are leaving the woods. They think I’m crazy but deer that live on highly pressured land in deed do pattern hunters. They know when a majority of hunters leave the area with that small window of opportunity for them to roam more freely, And I’ve witnessed it first hand 15 years ago. I’ve taken many deer doing this plus the thermals are pulling in my favor by that time frame
Agree 100%
Great advice for people that have a hard time waking up. I can’t really shake the mental game that if I’m not in the woods at daylight I have to wait till the afternoon. I had a buck cross the driveway at 11:00 while I stacked wood. I could’ve been in stand at 10:00 and killed him as he walked right by my stand. I think the morning and evening sits began because that’s when deer move “most” since they are crepuscular. Naturally, hunters want to be in the woods when the odds of seeing a deer are the highest. Most deer I’ve killed in the morning have been after 8 and after 3 in the evening with the last hour being the best. I’ve killed a few midday but the action definitely seems slower. But I also don’t hunt much midday because of impatience.
Yep anytime it's daylight out it's a great time to hunt!
those orange straps! what length and where did you find them? tired of losing my black ones in the dark. thanks!
10 in I think or 12 inch. I measured them in the how I set up my beast stand video. Got them at a truck stop a few years ago. Love the red color!
@@SamkoTradBow thanks for your help Jason. i’m head over heels in the whitetails course right now!
Thanks for the reminder! Great video as usual.
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it
I agree totally. Especially when your mobile hunting.
Yep mobile gives you so much freedom to move multiple times a day to take advantage of those different times and places.
"Big buck 3:15 tuesday by oak tree" written on the calendar lol
Perfect! Send me one of those appointments! Preferably right after daylight as I'm very busy🤣🤣🤣
so true I get there in the dark and have to kill time waiting for daylight by the time 10 or 11 rolls around I'm done.......... good point you made
Everyone has a threshold and limits. I try to use my available stand time during hunting legal shooting light.
@@SamkoTradBow I'm now looking at the hunting day a little different I was trying to do more mid-day hunting anyway. I always felt this rush to get out there before daybreak. Thanks
@@1alexcody glad you enjoyed it
Never thought of it that way. Always felt I had to be on stand before daylight because it let things settle down before sunrise. BUT, now that I think about it, I've only really shot a handful of deer in that first hour of daylight. Then again I'm in farm County so I'm trying to beat deer to the woods. Damn, inner battle starting now lol!! Only the best videos make you think and rethink how you do things. Thank you for your time and effort putting out content for us.
Still a good idea to be on stand before legal shooting light when you can. But main point was any hour of legal day light is a great time to hunt. And mid day sits can be the best out of all of them
Amen brotha. If you ever want to make the trip to east Texas during the off-season , we can get into some hogs pretty easily
Matthew, where in E. T.? am in the Longview/Tyler area
My brother just bought a house in East TX. Hopefully next year I can make it out that way and will definitely hit you up! Thanks for the invite
@@arthurcarstens Hey man, I’m in Tyler!
@@SamkoTradBow No way! That would be an honor! Maybe I could pick your brain more about hunting lol
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I have learned all I know about hunting from your RUclips channel, whitetails course, and also THP.
Amen totally agree with this entire message !!!!
Thanks
All depends on personal perspective! I look at like you can’t hunt from the couch, more time in the woods the better and anything can happen at anytime so be there especially during the rut!
Agree 100%
Love this mindset
Thank you. It puts alot of meat in my freezer at non standard times!
Great advice Jason ! It’s about being in the woods when the deer are there,! And you can’t kill deer from your couch or the diner!
Well said and 100% agree
I don’t usually hunt by the clock, I usually hunt by the moon, and if I feel like deer are going to move that day or not, i’ve shot one of the biggest 10 Point bucks I ever killed at 1 PM, I used to hunt every single day twice a day for the whole hunting season which is more than 90 days, and I might only get seven or eight deer, now you can only get three bucks, so I usually get one in the freezer and then slack up a little bit trying to make sure the other two are pretty big bodied deer, and of course you can get a doe a day but I don’t shoot mama deer, at least not on my hunting land.
Yep all hours of the day can be very productive
This is great advice and something i definitely needed reiterated to me. Btw how comfy was that beast stand after 6 hours brotha ?
the seat on the beast stand is the most comfortable seat I have ever been on! I love it. Just did 7 alll days sits in missouri in it and 4 all days sits in ks with it. 10-12 hours sits. cake walk.
@@SamkoTradBow that's awesome
Glad to here this! My beast stand should be here today can’t wait to try it out.
Thanks for all practical useful advice you give.
God bless
Very much depends on how/where you set up your hunts. Many hunters place stands in locations that favor those early morning or late evening deer movements and those locations may be very non-productive for mid-day. The solution for that is to change your strategy and hunt locations where deer are more likely to move mid-day, most likely, deeper in the woods, close to bedding areas, and travel corridors between those areas. It is enjoyable to watch the woods come alive at first light, deer or no deer.
Very true. Point of the vid wasn't to tell people not to hunt morning or evening. But rather to let them know any minute of day light is a great time to hunt. And mid day can be the best in many situations.
@@SamkoTradBow I have located some areas on public recently that don't have deer movement till late morning and midday for sure.
@@Kurtdog63 yep I run into those spots all the time hunting so close to bedding
so true. cant kill them in camp. hunt when ya can. but yea i see more usually after 9.
I've been three times this year. once i got on stand at 10 and stayed until dark. I didn't see a thing but was confident in my spot. then last Saturday i went for a morning hunt until 1030 or so and was late leaving house (daylight already) and had to be back at lunch to help with kids. went back at 230 and stayed it past dark. had a decent 6 or 8 come in range but bad angles with saplings on the ground and never got a good shot. i had a couple shots but were marginal with the saplings. he came in downwind but never smelled or spooked.. just feeding along on acorns.
Yep anytime you can hint is a great time to hunt
I've always said that the best time to hunt deer is "Every Chance You Get"!
Exactly! 100% agree
Great Video!
Thank you
Great advice as always!
Thanks
About time this gets said.... Thanks
Thank you
Great tips
Glad you enjoyed it
Let the deer tell you! Deer eat up to 5 times a day so they are always moving just depends if it's where you are! After raising goats which are very similar to deer behavior. They all have different behaviors and personality. Some might like daylight movement and some mid day. Dependent of pressure of course
Very well said! And appreciate the comment.
In 40 yrs in woods I have seen the majority of deer between 9and 11 am
Agree 100% with thos statement!
This time of year now
Deer don’t start moving until 11am
I see alot of deer around 11. Basically any hour of daylight is a great time to be hunting
I have a question, do you carry a gun when you go hunting for bears? How do you protect your own safety? Thank you.
I do not. Never carried a gun for animal protection before. With the exception of when I have my wife or daughter with me. Then I carry to protect them bit mostly from people. Now if I was out west I'd carry because of the lions. But bears don't worry me. I have had so many encounters with bears and they want nothing to do with you. I used to chase them out of my yard in my underwear yelling at them and running as fast as I could for a hundred yards to scare them away. Didn't want them hanging around my house when my kids were little. But if you want to carry a gun for protection there is absolutely nothing wrong with that!! If you have any questions on good calibers or how to carry I can help ya. I'm a huge fan of carrying in the woods even though I don't personal do it much.
@@SamkoTradBow
Have you ever encountered a big brown bear? The big brown bear weighs 800 kilograms and is extremely aggressive. Not long ago, in Russia, a big brown bear swallowed a very strong young guy.
@@matthewyu3531 nope do not have browns or grizzly anywhere where I hunt. Not 100% sure what I'd carry in brown bear country. Probably my 10mm as I shoot it so well.
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Thank you.
Good vid
Thanks
I agree 100% I try to follow my energy level.
So what you are saying is,.....if it is daylight you can hunt. :)
Exactly and if you have limited amount of time to hunt use all of that time during legal shooting light rather then wasting 25% of it sitting in the dark when you can not legally hunt
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Can u do a video stop letting your wife tell you when you can hunt !
hahahaha! BEST COMMENT EVER! Love this
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Killed one two weeks ago at 2:17pm I sat all day
Yep all days sits are very productive