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Sep 20, 2023 · A buck that has “gone nocturnal” is a familiar term in hunter-speak. It refers to deer changing activity patterns to move more after dark than during the day. And since it’s illegal to hunt by moonlight… well, that presents a problem for hunters. But are deer really nocturnal? Do they only move at night when they’re not fair game for ...
Aug 15, 2018 · It's a buck that moves very little distance from its bed of an afternoon. To kill this deer, you have to get within 100 yards or so of its actual bed (not just the bedding area). Or, you have to hope it moves a little further in daylight during a cold front, weather event or the rut.
- Realtree
Sep 25, 2019 · Two factors in particular are most likely to get a nocturnal deer moving in daylight. The most powerful influence on a nocturnal buck would be the beginning of the rut. Once does start coming into estrus, it’s more likely than any other time of year that a mature buck will get on his feet in daylight.
- Mark Kenyon
Jun 30, 2013 · If they tend to be nocturnal bucks (some are simply by personality) then they will likely keep this tendency during the rut too. If you do find yourself hunting a nocturnal buck, it seems that the best chances for seeing him are when the first doe in his core area comes into estrous (can be anywhere from late October through about November 7 ...
- Mark Kenyon
One of my favorite times to hunt veteran bucks with nocturnal tendencies is during the mid-morning to early-afternoon periods after an extremely cold night. Bucks will routinely sneak off the bed to feed under these conditions due warmer daytime temperatures and limited outside hunting pressure.
Sep 8, 2022 · Very few, if any, bucks are truly nocturnal. In the worst scenarios, bucks might only move 50 to 75 yards during the day leading many hunters to think these deer only come out at night.
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Nov 15, 2011 · In the pre-rut (Oct. 15 – Nov. 4) 70 percent of such movements are at night, but come the rut, 73 percent of such movements are during the day. So in the rut, 58 percent of older bucks move out of your area for a little while (which also means that a bunch of older bucks move into your area from their original home range), and they make many ...
