All day sits

[Maidenfan539]

In my area and when I was off 3 days midweek, I was sitting all day sits from now until Nov 4 or 5th. Activity was minimal first and last light. Between 9-2 was when I would see deer moving more.

 

[Skerhunter]

Pre Halloween I don’t mess with mornings for mature bucks unless it’s very cold and I know I won’t get busted coming in.

I will do all day sits starting November 1st, but it’s weather and spot dependent. Usually around the 7th is “the best” around here for all day action and I try not to burn my best stands before then.

By the 12th/15th it’s harder to catch bucks cruising (chasing/lock down time).

 

[MallardSX2]

Unless there is a lot of hunting pressure where people are bumping deer, I rarely do all day sits anymore.

I have killed very few deer mid day and have tried hunting mid-day for a decade. The juice simply isn’t worth the squeeze 98% of the time.

Public land, I’m sitting all day. For sure.

 

[Choupique]

I hunt when I can, so I try to be hunting all day no matter what.

I killed the biggest buck of my life sitting in a stand at 1pm

 

[NRA4LIFE]

We had a crazy bad day of rain one time at my place. It let up about 1PM and I went out to one of our stands, and killed the biggest WT of my life not 15 minutes on the stand. The 2 other biggest on my place were +/- 1 hour from noon . It happens.

 

[Pescetism]

I've done all day sits and been successful once. At this point, unless it starts snowing or I've seen a buck working a doe after 930 where they are likely to move before evening, I doubt I'll sit all day this year. However, that's based on hunting the same ~200-acre area for 20 years. If I was hunting new or unfamiliar areas, especially during peak rut, I'd sit as much as possible.

 

[mtnvol1]

Typically, during muzzleloader here in Tennessee. Seems like the rut is prime at that time.