Go sit in the stand?

For deerzies ? No- in fact, Ive seen more big ones active in mid afternoon . They seem to know when folks leave to eat lunch

Heck no.

Not going to shoot anything sitting at home, My personal opinion is any time of legal shooting time is ok I have walked out into the woods with less then a half hour left of daylight and still shot a buck minutes after sitting down

Conversely I have gotten up late and arrived at the woods at 9/9:30 and seen and shot deer

As long as your not tramping and making tons of noise going in I believe you still have a chance

For an afternoon hunt till dark? Slip in about that time and sit till end of shooting light.

Getting to the time where no time is a bad time or amount of time in the stand in the stand. I have stands set 40 yards of the road on the property I can be in and sit for 30 minutes. It sometimes only takes seconds this time of year.

I usually only go with 45 minutes or less left in legal shooting light and do decent on deer.

Keith

You might not even make it to your stand if your quiet.

I've shot deer on my way in lots of times.

Down pouring here. Me + Bow + downpour rain = No
3:30 till dark on rain free day, perfect time

It’s not to late if you can get in with out bumping deer.

Its too late for you. Not worth it.

PM me the stand sight and I'll sit in it for you

I probably won't make it in mine till 530 or so, I think you'll be fine

Full or Hunters moon, lots of night time moment, try to get in by 8 pm, LOL

I'm just leaving and have an hour drive. But I'm taking kids and it's hard for them r to sit still for more than a few hours so I we go earlier they are getting antsy at prime time.ps it 415




Edit. Hit traffic jam didn't get set up tell 6. I'm sitting on the ground about 60 yards away form my 11 year old in a summit with x bow. My 9 year old is another 80 yards east shooting squirrel with his suppressed .22. He dropped one as we were walking away.

I do believe we are to deep to be this late but hope I'm wrong. I may have just heard another .22 shot hard to tell with the suppressor and sub loads.

As to not being able to shoot then from home comments well depending on where you live. Myself and daughter have shot them out of our bathroom window at our old house.

Solid advice. In fact let me help out, I’m closer and already have my Maryland license

Takes less than a second for an arrow to reach a deer.
And you can't kill them from inside your house.

I have shot my biggest bucks after sleeping in and going for a walk around 8:30am. Also Sharon is right, more big bucks get shot around noon because everyone has left the woods for lunch.

Nothing.

I have sat all day and had that happen.