Cold Front Weekend Sit

[Lowslungcj]

Alright y’all,

I’d like to ask for some wisdom on what to do this weekend.

I can only hunt Saturday morning or Saturday night this weekend. I only have deer daylighting in front of my camera at dusk and around 6:00 am. The deer aren’t showing up every night but at least I know they have come out during shooting hours around 7:35 pm. With the cold front coming in and the moon being almost to a new moon what would you do?

-Hunt Saturday morning and hope the deer shift their time near my stand due to the cold front
-Hunt Saturday night and hope they come out early enough to get

I’m leaning towards Saturday night as of right now.

 

[buckpasser]

Evening hunt for me.

 

[slow motion]

Check the wind. If everything is equal hunt when your pics say it's your best opportunity. If not hunt the best wind for your area. Sometimes though the wrong wind opens up a whole new approach. Good luck man.

 

[earlthegoat2]

I have found mornings around the new moon to be more productive than the evenings. That is just me though.

Also, there is a lot of woods that the cameras don’t see.

 

[Browning Slayer]

I would hunt every chance I could and not "wonder". Cameras only show you a single frame of what is going on around it.

 

[rstallings1979]

Saturday evening for me....I have two on camera that I would like to take with the bow. Maybe one will show and I can make the shot. I actually feel pretty confident with the change in weather one or both may pop out.

 

[coastalredneck]

i would get away from the camera and assuming a corn pile (could be wrong) and go find a tree dropping acorns.

 

[Gl4di4torRr]

Do you have somewhere else you can hunt? Sat morning should be great. Just hunt near to bedding.

 

[Dean]

Wouldn't hunt either if wind wasn't suitable for stand/entry location. Just my opinion, but pics at 6:00am seems to me would make it challenging at best to access your stand without blowing the deer out walking in on AM sit. This time of year irregardless I prefer afternoon sits only....

 

[elfiii]

Wouldn't hunt either if wind wasn't suitable for stand/entry location. Just my opinion, but pics at 6:00am seems to me would make it challenging at best to access your stand without blowing the deer out walking in on AM sit. This time of year irregardless I prefer afternoon sits only....

Good point and I got the receipts to prove your point.

If it's an either or I would go for the evening sit.

 

[Lowslungcj]

I appreciate all the advise guys.

I do have the camera over a scrape that is near a natural deer path. I have thrown out about 5 lbs of the peanut based 4S Draw once every 7-10 days.

Since the wind is supposed to be bad I could basically just go hunt/scout another hardwood bottom. I chose this spot as my lockout on the new club I joined since it’s got a small creek and a ton of white oaks. Of course last year was a bumper crop and I don’t see a acorn in any of the white oaks looking through my binoculars.

It’s hard to trust the wind forecast because I came out this morning and the forecast is completely wrong about which way the wind is blowing. I’ll have to play it by ear tomorrow.

 

[rstallings1979]

Good point and I got the receipts to prove your point.

If it's an either or I would go for the evening sit.

I have ruined mature bucks who are on a decent pattern trying to morning hunt this early in the season. Its been 5 years I bet since I have even tried to do a morning hunt prior to Oct 15th.

 

[FootLongDawg]

One more vote for evening

 

[bfriendly]

I appreciate all the advise guys.

I do have the camera over a scrape that is near a natural deer path. I have thrown out about 5 lbs of the peanut based 4S Draw once every 7-10 days.

Since the wind is supposed to be bad I could basically just go hunt/scout another hardwood bottom. I chose this spot as my lockout on the new club I joined since it’s got a small creek and a ton of white oaks. Of course last year was a bumper crop and I don’t see a acorn in any of the white oaks looking through my binoculars.

It’s hard to trust the wind forecast because I came out this morning and the forecast is completely wrong about which way the wind is blowing. I’ll have to play it by ear tomorrow.

Another evening vote. And I too cannot seem to find the acorns. The ones I have found I can see with the naked eye, but they are not dropping yet. I’m in North Bartow and Cherokee Counties mostly. I do see more deer at last light than I have in the AM.

 

[Lowslungcj]

Well I found my evening spot to sit. I moved areas and found a hardwood bottom with some kind of red oak dropping small fingernail sized acorns. There are acorns dropping everywhere and there is actually water 20 yards from me as well. It’s a really nice quiet bottom for the night!

I found some pigs on my way in and stalked them to 12 yards looking for momma. I decided they weren’t worth the arrow and ending my hunt at 5:00 pm.