I'm progressing from hog murderer to deer bow hunter. I've never killed anything with my Matthews compound bow (found a deal on eBay) but it's not for lack of trying. I'm learning as I go in my first bow season. So I've got a question re: which morning would be best to hunt this coming weekend Oct. 28-29.
Saturday Oct 28 AM looks nice because we have a cold front moving through Friday night. Temps will from from a high of 80* Friday to a low of 45* Saturday morning with rain all night. Correct me if I'm wrong, but this looks to be a nice situation because the deer should bed down Friday night in the thunderstorm and as temps drop to the lowest temps since this past winter. So I'm thinking a morning hunt would be nice as the deer should come out cold and hungry when the sun comes up. Winds predicted to be NW 7-10 mph.
Sunday Oct 29 AM looks nice because temps Saturday night will drop to a new low of 37* before the sun comes up. So the deer, having not much fat on them yet, should be chilly and bed down at night even more so than the previous night. They should wake up hungry and looking for the sun on their back to warm them up. Winds predicted to be NW 3-7 mph.
The stand I want to hunt is set up perfectly for a NW wind with a 20-35 yard shot which is my max comfortable shooting distance so far.
I'm new to the finesse of white tail deer hunting, rather than slopping through the mud chasing down hogs. So I'm looking for some advice.
Is my logic wrong for either morning?
Is there something else to consider?
If you could only hunt one of these mornings which would you pick to bag your first deer with a bow?
Saturday Oct 28 AM looks nice because we have a cold front moving through Friday night. Temps will from from a high of 80* Friday to a low of 45* Saturday morning with rain all night. Correct me if I'm wrong, but this looks to be a nice situation because the deer should bed down Friday night in the thunderstorm and as temps drop to the lowest temps since this past winter. So I'm thinking a morning hunt would be nice as the deer should come out cold and hungry when the sun comes up. Winds predicted to be NW 7-10 mph.
Sunday Oct 29 AM looks nice because temps Saturday night will drop to a new low of 37* before the sun comes up. So the deer, having not much fat on them yet, should be chilly and bed down at night even more so than the previous night. They should wake up hungry and looking for the sun on their back to warm them up. Winds predicted to be NW 3-7 mph.
The stand I want to hunt is set up perfectly for a NW wind with a 20-35 yard shot which is my max comfortable shooting distance so far.
I'm new to the finesse of white tail deer hunting, rather than slopping through the mud chasing down hogs. So I'm looking for some advice.
Is my logic wrong for either morning?
Is there something else to consider?
If you could only hunt one of these mornings which would you pick to bag your first deer with a bow?