After the morning what do you do?

[Cab]

After the general morning hunt what does everyone do? Where I grew up hunting whitetails everyone went home/the truck for lunch then would head back out around 2-3ish. I was Mule deer hunting in central WA this last weekend, came out for lunch around noon and noticed no one else was at their truck(they're were about 7 trucks there). I was curious if everyone just sits all day, have lunch in the woods and just continues to glass? I felt like I was missing something, as in do all these guys know something I don't? I like to sit in the morning, have lunch(in the woods or at the truck) and then make a plan for the afternoon of where I want to hunt. Just curious what other generally like to do. Sitting all day can make for a long hunt, how do others like to stay occupied?

[Molon5labe]

I usually pull out some snacks, glass, move areas, still hunt, surf arfcom, take a nap

[vandeman17]

A lot depends on the season, weather and where I am hunting. I ALWAYS pack enough snacks and gear to spend the entire day in the woods but will come out sometimes for lunch. I have killed plenty of critters around lunch and early afternoon but I also know that a nice lunch and a nap under a tree has treated me well numerous times.

[Eric M]

I always bring my lunch. Find a good spot to glass and eat. Usually a nap. I dont usually hunt close enough to the truck. Last year I was with my truck a little more and I stopped at a campground and cooked a good meal and ate some BlackBerry pie my wife made. Mostly depends what kind of hunting I'm doing.

[Cab]

You guys pretty much do what I do. Was thinking of taking a book out with me to help with sitting all day. My dad use to listen to music and I've thought about listening to a podcast while glassing as well but not sure I can get use to it. I'm going to a new spot this weekend and it looks like it could have tons of land to glass. I notice that when I have areas I can glass, it really helps with keeping my attention.

[vandeman17]

Early season is tougher because the days are way longer but once you get into late season, heading out in the dark and returning in the dark is pretty easy.

[fishnfur]

   During archery season, I hunt mornings or evenings.  Not all day. 

[boneaddict]

Its not the daylight thats hard, its sitting out under a tree for 13, 14 hours waiting for light to come back thats hard.   

[Stein]

I am almost always in a new area, so I use mid-day to scout other locations for morning or evening hunts.  Although there are not likely animals out and moving, I can check access, roads, trails, viewpoints and if there are other trucks at those spots.  That usually gives me a plan A and B for the next day and I just run like that until I find them or run out of days.

[Cab]

I am almost always in a new area, so I use mid-day to scout other locations for morning or evening hunts.  Although there are not likely animals out and moving, I can check access, roads, trails, viewpoints and if there are other trucks at those spots.  That usually gives me a plan A and B for the next day and I just run like that until I find them or run out of days.

This is what I love doing in new spots. I find that it really helps you learn areas so much faster plus kills time during slow parts of the day.

[dscubame]

Its not the daylight thats hard, its sitting out under a tree for 13, 14 hours waiting for light to come back thats hard.

You ain't kidding.

[NOCK NOCK]

I will add this.
If you were a deer, when would you be moving about? During the early/late hours of the day when lots of predators(people) are also out moving about...…….or, during the mid day when a lot of those folks are back at their camp/truck eating lunch?


Mid day can be very good hunting. 

[fishingnut71]

I hit the bottle till tomorrow. its worked more times than not

[KB88]

My blacktail cam has more mid day action with bucks than at night or early morning. My opinion pack food and stay out as much as you can. We wait all year for this, get after it! 

[Turner89]

I usually fall asleep. No way I'm going down the mountain till after dark. Always amazes me how many guys get up and leave just as its approaching prime time.

[savagehunter]

Walk in in the dark walk out in the dark. No naps glass as much as I can stand . If it's foul weather I move around and cover ground. Snack all day no lunch time. I don't get enough days off to waste a minute.

[PeninsulaPariah]

I will add this.
If you were a deer, when would you be moving about? During the early/late hours of the day when lots of predators(people) are also out moving about...…….or, during the mid day when a lot of those folks are back at their camp/truck eating lunch?


Mid day can be very good hunting. 

Same Here. I hit it hard mid day. Almost all of the deer I've shot have been between the hours of 10am and 2pm. Lots of walking, lots of glassing. Skip lunch, you hunt better when you're hungry.

[Pete112288]

My blacktail cam has more mid day action with bucks than at night or early morning. My opinion pack food and stay out as much as you can. We wait all year for this, get after it! 

Ditto. I tend to run into quite a bit of activity between 11 and noon and again between 2 and 3. I will sit and eat and watch a clearcut or stand of timber for an hour or so. But I tend to be pretty impatient at sitting. I most of the time will pick my way through some thicker reprod or explore a little during the middle of the day if nothing else seems to be going on.

[deerhunter_98520]

I will add this.
If you were a deer, when would you be moving about? During the early/late hours of the day when lots of predators(people) are also out moving about...…….or, during the mid day when a lot of those folks are back at their camp/truck eating lunch?


Mid day can be very good hunting. 

Same Here. I hit it hard mid day. Almost all of the deer I've shot have been between the hours of 10am and 2pm. Lots of walking, lots of glassing. Skip lunch, you hunt better when you're hungry.

   

[Karl Blanchard]

Glass glass glass.  The deer dont vanish mid day.  They are there, you just gotta find them.  Cant find them at the truck (well some people do ) I've also had luck with the sleep late do great method

[Doublelunger]

In Eastern Oregon We've shot more deer out of their beds in the middle of the day than we have in the mornings or evenings.  Its pretty open country so after the morning hunt we just start glassing under the junipers and always find bucks bedded down.

[greenhead_killer]

I killed my buck at 12:30 this year. I don’t leave the mountains once I’m in. Never know who might bump something at you or you might just catch moving any time of the day

[KFhunter]

I've had too many cats sneak up on me to be putting ear buds in and listening to a podcast or music, last one started hissing at me, wouldn't have heard the hissing if I had music going.  Surrounded by wolves numerous times, heard one sorta quietly woof/bark then brush moving all around me in a circle but they didn't get aggressive that time or the times prior to that.  One of these days they'll try to run me up a tree and they'll find out I don't climb trees. 

No way in heck am I putting music in my ears, the only thing going in my ears is amplifiers so I can hear more! 


For deer depends on the weather but with this really nice weather we're having I'll look for sunning areas in a nice rolling flat on top of a knob or hill.  WT buck will lay up in some brush getting some sun, can't hardly see em till they bust out so I glass every little pocket of brush still hunting, looking for horn.

Pulled out some dandy's doing this, in fact I think most of my deer have been taken around 10am ish.

[Cab]

I've had too many cats sneak up on me to be putting ear buds in and listening to a podcast or music, last one started hissing at me, wouldn't have heard the hissing if I had music going.  Surrounded by wolves numerous times, heard one sorta quietly woof/bark then brush moving all around me in a circle but they didn't get aggressive that time or the times prior to that.  One of these days they'll try to run me up a tree and they'll find out I don't climb trees. 

No way in heck am I putting music in my ears, the only thing going in my ears is amplifiers so I can hear more! 


For deer depends on the weather but with this really nice weather we're having I'll look for sunning areas in a nice rolling flat on top of a knob or hill.  WT buck will lay up in some brush getting some sun, can't hardly see em till they bust out so I glass every little pocket of brush still hunting, looking for horn.

Pulled out some dandy's doing this, in fact I think most of my deer have been taken around 10am ish.

Grew up in Maine so never had to deal with any of that in terms of predators but you make a great point! sounds like a lot of guys have success in the middle of the day which is great to hear and keeps me motivated to keep sitting. I'm a fan of sitting in an area in the morning then walking a ridge then glassing pockets or openings. This new area I'm trying should have enough country for me to glass all day no problem.

[meatwhack]

Drink a half rack and then drive around with the gun loaded hoping to catch something in the road.

[WapitiTalk1]

Drink a half rack and then drive around with the gun loaded hoping to catch something in the road.

Edit:  "With the rifle hanging out the window"... 

[grundy53]

I've killed most of my bucks and a fair amount of my bulls in the middle of the day.

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[Rainier10]

I've killed most of my bucks and a fair amount of my bulls in the middle of the day.

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Maybe I will sleep in this weekend.

[Karl Blanchard]

I've killed most of my bucks and a fair amount of my bulls in the middle of the day.

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Maybe I will sleep in this weekend.

sleep late do great 

[wolfbait]

Its not the daylight thats hard, its sitting out under a tree for 13, 14 hours waiting for light to come back thats hard.