Almost half the deer I've taken this year have benefits between midday and 3pm, not many at last light
A few were out today in the sunshine grazing at midday
A few were out today in the sunshine grazing at midday
Midday stalking
- Thread starter Mattyhunt
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I was out Tuesday morning and found a herd of bucks that usually contain a couple of good heads but most of them were sporting none or just one antler at this point.
I’ve a few does to concentrate on over the next few days then that’s it until the autumn.
is the next item on my mind!
At present mid afternoon seems to be the best time for our Fallow. Most outings bear fruit. They are quite strange creatures of habit though. We have an FC wood which we bound on two sides and which has major public access, nothing to see 20 cars parked up and hear kids squealing and shouting in the wood. Most times there are no deer outside on the fields but twice now where somebodies dog has taken off we see anything up to 60 come out of the wood with a dog chasing them. Where do the buggers hide from the public when no dogs are loose.
If am culling Roe Does i will stay out from first light until 12-1pm, I find at first light you get deer coming back to cover and few hours later you will get them working back out of cover.
Depending on the weather and disturbance not unusual to get Sika out in afternoons.
Depending on the weather and disturbance not unusual to get Sika out in afternoons.
That's a lovely looking buck
On my trail cams, I have plenty of deer out browsing during the day year round, often spending a while eating near the cameras. I think the previous comments about quiet periods is valid, although one of the cams was a few metres away from a road people regularly walk along.
The moon phases are the biggest determining factor of what time I go, I’ve been researching and recording this since the start of COVID when I had time to do it! My daily exercise was basically mapping deer behavior..
a) track lunar cyclesSpill the beans
B) map deer behavior at different times of day on your permissions, particularly over new and full moon
You will see defined patterns
Freeforester
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Moon Phases and their Affect on Deer Stalking
Peter Jones examines the affect of Moon phases on Deer Stalking and takes a look at some of the research. Last month a good client of mine emailed me to put a c...
@VSS @RJD more light at night = more activity at night = less need to feed at dawn and dusk?
That's what I've found.Moon Phases and their Affect on Deer Stalking
Peter Jones examines the affect of Moon phases on Deer Stalking and takes a look at some of the research. Last month a good client of mine emailed me to put a c...www.countydeerstalking.co.uk
@VSS @RJD more light at night = more activity at night = less need to feed at dawn and dusk?
Under a full moon the deer will graze/browse overnight, so they don't come out as early as dusk, and they're gone again before dawn.
(I'm talking about fallow. I don't know much about other species).
Brittany boy
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@Freeforester where did you get your lunar clock
