Here some daylight while it last

[chasecampbell28]

They won’t be out in the daylight for long

 

[catch22]

nice bucks

 

[Rabun]

Some dandy's right there! Hope you get a poke at 'em!

 

[Jim Boyd]

They will be out.

IMHO there are NO nocturnal deer - only cameras or hunters that are not in the right spot at the right time.

Good luck!

 

[transfixer]

They will be out.

IMHO there are NO nocturnal deer - only cameras or hunters that are not in the right spot at the right time.

Good luck!

They do have to be "somewhere" during the daylight hours, but most know the places they can bed down or hide that are away from contact with people, usually in a very thick area that we aren't likely to venture into, or in the middle of an overgrown field where the only way we'd know they were there is if we used a drone camera, lol

We have a buck on our lease that was a high racked 10pt last year, myself and another hunter had him on camera, but always at night, no one saw him during hunting hours all season, he wasn't taken by anyone around us or we would have heard. Maybe we'll see him this year ? maybe not ?

 

[Miguel Cervantes]

Nice Buck. Good luck getting him this year.

 

[chasecampbell28]

They do have to be "somewhere" during the daylight hours, but most know the places they can bed down or hide that are away from contact with people, usually in a very thick area that we aren't likely to venture into, or in the middle of an overgrown field where the only way we'd know they were there is if we used a drone camera, lol

We have a buck on our lease that was a high racked 10pt last year, myself and another hunter had him on camera, but always at night, no one saw him during hunting hours all season, he wasn't taken by anyone around us or we would have heard. Maybe we'll see him this year ? maybe not ?

Man we had a huge 10 point last year but closest he ever was to daylight was 6 am he eventually disappeared and we never heard of anyone killing him they are elusive man I tell ya

 

[Jim Boyd]

They do have to be "somewhere" during the daylight hours, but most know the places they can bed down or hide that are away from contact with people, usually in a very thick area that we aren't likely to venture into, or in the middle of an overgrown field where the only way we'd know they were there is if we used a drone camera, lol

We have a buck on our lease that was a high racked 10pt last year, myself and another hunter had him on camera, but always at night, no one saw him during hunting hours all season, he wasn't taken by anyone around us or we would have heard. Maybe we'll see him this year ? maybe not ?

Yes, they are elusive.

Otherwise, everyone would have 150” racks hanging in the garage.

There are, however, periods of EVERY day where they are on their feet. No deer, imho, is gonna crawl under a blow down before daylight and stay there til it is dark. May not move far but they stretch and browse.

Then, comes the day - when they do stupid things that get them seen and potentially killed.

In SC, we have a protracted rut and see them for weeks at the time.

In Illinois the rut is very compressed and you are likely to see 10-12 mature bucks in one day. This period does not last long (about a week and a half) but if you hit the right 7 day period you can see more whoppers than you have ever seen in your entire life in the south. It is hard to explain until you have seen it.

The reason? One and one only. The innate desire to breed - that cannot be denied.

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[chasecampbell28]

Yes, they are elusive.

Otherwise, everyone would have 150” racks hanging in the garage.

There are, however, periods of EVERY day where they are on their feet. No deer, imho, is gonna crawl under a blow down before daylight and stay there til it is dark. May not move far but they stretch and browse.

Then, comes the day - when they do stupid things that get them seen and potentially killed.

In SC, we have a protracted rut and see them for weeks at the time.

In Illinois the rut is very compressed and you are likely to see 10-12 mature bucks in one day. This period does not last long (about a week and a half) but if you hit the right 7 day period you can see more whoppers than you have ever seen in your entire life in the south. It is hard to explain until you have seen it.

The reason? One and one only. The innate desire to breed - that cannot be denied.

.

For sure we get a pretty stretched out rut in SE Georgia you see a lot of younge bucks chasing 3rd week of October but once November hits that’s when the fun begins usually is off and on at that point depending on the weather all the way to thanksgiving