Another Camera Pull:

[wrightk2]

I'm liking the daytime movement so far.

 

[Ski]

That comfort level is the key to a good hunting property. IMO it trumps food, cover, and water. None of that matters if they won't use the property during daylight hunting hours.

 

[BSK]

That comfort level is the key to a good hunting property. IMO it trumps food, cover, and water. None of that matters if they won't use the property during daylight hunting hours.

When it comes to hunting success vs holding deer, I completely agree with you. Holding deer on a property is easy. Give them lots of places to hide. But getting deer to move during daylight is another matter entirely.

 

[killingtime 41]

I usually have some decent ones moving in daylight. Then about 2 weeks before Archery opener they start to show up just before sun up. To just after sundown. Of course that's in camera view anyway.

 

[backyardtndeer]

That's cool, they are definitely comfortable there right now.

 

[BSK]

I usually have some decent ones moving in daylight. Then about 2 weeks before Archery opener they start to show up just before sun up. To just after sundown. Of course that's in camera view anyway.

It's some sort of "normal" biological shift in activity, but I don't know what drives it. Every year I have lots of bucks - even mature bucks - moving in broad daylight in August. Then, mid-September rolls around and they are all nocturnal. This occurs even in areas that are not hunted heavily.

 

[Tnshooter15]

It's some sort of "normal" biological shift in activity, but I don't know what drives it. Every year I have lots of bucks - even mature bucks - moving in broad daylight in August. Then, mid-September rolls around and they are all nocturnal. This occurs even in areas that are not hunted heavily.

I believe it is the loss of velvet. Every year my pictures of the transition of daytime to nighttime coincides with the loss of velvet.

 

[BSK]

I believe it is the loss of velvet. Every year my pictures of the transition of daytime to nighttime coincides with the loss of velvet.

I see the same pattern Tnshooter15.

 

[knightrider]

I believe it is the loss of velvet. Every year my pictures of the transition of daytime to nighttime coincides with the loss of velvet.

Yep, testosterone jumps, velvet sheds and they become different animals preparing for the rut