N Idaho Guys

[Cedarsavage]

It sounds like N Idaho is similar to where I live and we both have wolves...So over the years every deer I've shot has been between 9am and 3PM. I still hunt am and evening through midday during the rut. Even early October warm weather I get pics midday. I grew up in farmland hunting am and pm, so I'm stuck on that but I never get oppurtunities like that here. I'm starting to think I'd be better to just hunt midday. Anybody notice this or do this?

 

[drra]

When I'm Bear hunting in the spring in Northern Idaho I see more deer while in the stand the last hour till the end of shooting time than any other time. I only go out a few weeks in the spring so it may be much different in the fall during hunting season.

 

[Randle]

Yep I dont get caught up in the be there at first light. I hunt when and however I can
Most bucks I have shot were 9 to 3

 

[.204smokechaser]

I’ve shot all my bucks between 9 and 12. I don’t sit in a tree stand as I find it’s a waste of time. Wolves have never had an effect on my hunting and I’ve shot my bucks in 10,10A, and 12.

 

[Spikefrb]

The clearwater region had a pretty big die off last year from what I heard. Have hunted 10A out of Pierce several times with mixed results. 1 year I killed a really nice high 150's Whitey...the next year 6 of us were skunked.

 

[Cedarsavage]

Thanks for the input. To be clear I'm not hunting Idaho I was more curious if you guys had noticed most of your opportunities being midday.

 

[jimmy33]

Thanks for the input. To be clear I'm not hunting Idaho I was more curious if you guys had noticed most of your opportunities being midday.

I have shot deer up there from first light to last…by far I have shot more whitetails the last hour of daylight. I hunt way north.

 

[Randle]

Hunted hard this last weekend. Shot a great buck, but the numbers are down.
A friend has cams out and has no deer on the cards.
We hunted our normal areas and my buck was 1 of 3 deer we saw.
EHD may have hit but we did not find any carcasses.