Mornings or Evenings

[Tail Chaser]

I have a 2 year old fiest who is starting to put it together. She hunts with her eyes, ears, and nose. If a squirrel timbers, she follows it. She’s no champion, but a fine pleasure hunting dog. My question to others who hunt with dogs is what do you prefer, mornings or evenings?
I understand that most of us just go when we can, but if you had a month of Saturdays and had to choose, which would it be? Additionally, do you prefer cloudy or blue bird sky days?
I ask this because the last two afternoons we have hunted, we haven’t treed a single squirrel. We’ve done well on evening hunts in the past, but not this year.

Thanks

 

[Hillbilly stalker]

We are doing better in the evenings. That's the way it usually is this time of year. You might need to change locations a little. Sometimes they just move out of a location and you can waste alot of time trying to figure out why. I would go try the other side of the county or shorter scrubby trees, the more vines the better.

 

[antharper]

I’m not a big squirrel hunter but I’ve been seeing a lot out and about on these nasty weather days mid morning .

 

[TurkeyH90]

Evenings and bluebird days are better most of the time. WIND is the one major factor I cannot tree squirrels in.

 

[Pruitt1]

Its been evening for me along thick pines and scrub oaks here lately.

 

[mizzippi jb]

Seems like it's been evenings most of the year since right after the first few freezes.

 

[Tail Chaser]

Skunked again!!! I hunted 3 hours this evening with my feist. I ain’t never gone this long without finding some bushy tails. I reckon I will have to go deer hunting to find some.

 

[TurkeyH90]

Skunked again!!! I hunted 3 hours this evening with my feist. I ain’t never gone this long without finding some bushy tails. I reckon I will have to go deer hunting to find some.

We hunted one of my best spots morning and evening yesterday. Killed ONE squirrel. We only made about 8 trees all day.

 

[Hillbilly stalker]

Took my best dog yesterday, 1 nest , 3 dens and 1 squirrel that ran like Jessie Owens 113 yards on the ground to the den. I watched him. Went home and ate chicken. .

 

[fishfryer]

Took my best dog yesterday, 1 nest , 3 dens and 1 squirrel that ran like Jessie Owens 113 yards on the ground to the den. I watched him. Went home and ate chicken. .

Sometimes you’re the windshield and sometimes you’re the bug. Good chicken?

 

[Pruitt1]

Took my pup yesterday she made 7 trees seen 5 nocked 2out the rest looked like Tarzan going thru the trees. They sure are harder to get on this time of year.

 

[Dan DeBord]

Ole John treed 4 times this morning and i shot 3 squirrels. Hunted from 8:30 until 10:30 .