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Originally Posted by vic1
This might be ok for farm fields. I found completely other way around in Alberta bush. The most productive time is between 9 and 2 pm.
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Same here. If I don't have a deer on the ground by 3 p.m., I call it quits for the day. I like to take my time doing 'the gutless method' in daylight, getting everything cleaned and tucked away, and preparing dinner before dusk.
I've done my time, - taking a 2nd 'kill shot' to put down a badly wounded animal just after legal hunting time, field dressing by head-lamp, trudging out in the black cold and returning to camp exhausted to collapse into bed. And then returning to the kill site the next morning to look for the items left behind in the dark!
I see more deer out in open fields during 'magic hour' (1/2 hr before dusk until 1/2 hour after dusk), but I just don't like hunting that late anymore.