When do you glass up deer

[stan_wa]

what time of day do you glass up the most deer ?

All the books and experts talk about first and last light but I seem to find way more deer 1-2 hours after sunrise and 1-2 hours before sun set. Maybe it’s just a cascades/Washington thing .

 

[hereinaz]

In AZ, first/last light the animals are moving a lot more. But. many keep moving in the 1-2 hours.

For # of animals per minute, nothing beats first/last light.

 

[ThreeOhSeven]

For bucks, first light always produces best for me.
Does dgaf and they love being on the road at high noon

 

[MuleyFever]

It probably depends on the area. Another consideration is very few people are actually glassing mid day. That time just after sunrise and just before sunset are when you catch them moving to and from the feeding and bedding areas.

 

[Quicksilver]

Seen does mid day, bucks morning or evening. Now that’s movement, not glassing up bedded. East and west WA.

 

[TaperPin]

Depends. In my favorite areas, by volume of hooves, early morning finds the most deer out and headed to bedding areas. In evening, a close second, mostly does, fawns and young bucks start to come out. By far the most old deer have been seen mid day - either in beds, or while standing up to stretch, pee and lying back down, or sneaking away from someone. Shy nocturnal bucks might be anywhere, you just don’t usually see them during shooting hours.

Honestly, I don’t know how many areas have nocturnal bucks, but these can’t be the only places. The more I think something sneaky is all figured out, I watch an individual old deer, and it reminds me they are just trying to conserve energy - like an old dog.