Time To Hunt Mornings - Where To Sit? | Whitetail Watch w/ Bill Winke

[@tmglvr]

We’ve never met, but I have watched you for years and always thought you seemed like a pretty straight up guy….thanks for being there…

[@bill-winke]

I appreciate the comment and hope you have a great fall season. Good luck.

[@tfrost33elkhunter]

I am really glad you made this episode! I have a couple target bucks all hitting scrapes hard. That is going to be my strategy starting tomorrow! Also, I would have made the mistake of hunting high on the ridges in the morning. I am going switch that strategy for morning. It’s getting exciting now! Thanks Bill!

[@alexaalsma4270]

You the man Bill! Keep em coming good luck!

[@Hunter-uy5qs]

That's awesome advice 👍. I am doing the exact senario you just described. Last weekend I found 3 scraps at the field edge and lots of doe signs so I left a camera and pile of corn. This Sunday will hopefully depending on the camera images, do an afternoon hunt and on Monday an all day hunt in the timber close to all the deer beddings. Although I must say that these deers are very though to hunt due to close proximity to people, so far no daytime sighting 😂.

[@bill-winke]

That sounds like a good plan. Good luck.

[@Hunter-uy5qs]

@bill-winke Thank you Bill, awesome advice as always, we as bow hunters are very lucky to have found your channel. Also for younger bow hunters this channel is gold so that they don't make beginner mistakes walking into an area bedded with deers.

[@RushOutdoors]

Great info Bill and Good luck 2 weeks of vacation starting Friday! Had a good buck last night around 5:30 and good luck to you also!

[@tyrant357.]

Good stuff like always bill

[@zacnorman8702]

I love morning hunts because they're so productive and they have been in the past. I have one stand all the way in the back of the property I hunt that is close to a funnel but it is between two ag fields and I would love to get back there in the morning but I'm afraid I'll blow it out. And I have to walk through an ag field on the edge to get to that stand as well.

[@gavinbenz9034]

I would say it’s definitely time to hunt mornings and even all day if you can

[@tonyviers-de9qi]

Bedding , feeding , fields … its all the same for me . They bed in finger draws of fields just as much as thick wooded bedding . I agree , I don’t hunt close to fields in the morning .

[@bakersoutdoors1]

Thanks for the info Bill...love the videos

[@bill-winke]

Thanks Baker. We appreciate the support. Good luck this fall.

[@chuckparson6712]

I really needed to hear this advice, thank you for sharing your wisdom with us all. Between my cameras being stolen, increased hunter pressure where I've been hunting I've been losing interest

[@SchusterFishes]

I tried hunting this morning, a lot warmer than I liked it. I got two massive shooters on camera at night, hoping to catch them close to bedding or calling them out of bedding. I didn’t see anything lol. My spot is def a rut funnel and better during afternoons, hard not to bump stuff out going in at the dark

[@transamguy9073]

Im looking forward to getting into the stand this wkend in the mornings. Ive only hunted my property 2 times so very little pressure and i cant wait

[@bill-winke]

Should be a good time to get started. Good luck.

[@mikemellon80]

100% sucky weather so far, but man this cold front coming after Halloween couldn't come at a better time. cant wait for Saturday Nov 2nd. You made Chasing November a phrase that plays over and over in my brain, and its almost here.

[@joekap1221]

Do you think a doe decoy would help this weekend?

[@tysonames5016]

We are supposed to have a decent rain for the first time in a month, I’m hoping the will freshen their scrapes soon after the rain stops

[@Pwrcritter]

My work schedule is the only thing keeping me from the woods now.

[@bill-winke]

Amen, I hope that opens up for you soon. Good luck.

[@donwaldroopoutdoors3665]

got an end around to the back door bedroom this weekend, cant wait

[@donwaldroopoutdoors3665]

call me maverick ill roll the dice , then food and field edge in the evening

[@kfusmc]

Thanks for the video. Getting a lot of running does on cameras, feel I'm missing the bucks. What image capture setting do you use during the pre-rut and rut?

[@PBAdventures146]

I was all set to hunt tomorrow morning. 32 degrees... I was so excited. Then my truck decided it hated me and broke down.. maybe I'll be able to go tomorrow night. 😒

[@gl7543]

Sorry to hear that bud. Hope the season gets better for. 🦌✌🏻 From Holland Michigan

[@PBAdventures146]

@gl7543 thank you! I appreciate that! I hope yours is successful as well!

[@IowaDave1]

@bill-winke What is running down the trail behind you at 1:10? It looked like a white chicken.

[@bill-winke]

I am sure it is Bentley, the dog. He acts like a white chicken sometimes!

[@DeerProjects]

Bill do you ever use rattling antlers? & if so how often with the pre rut setting in

[@craigwagner327]

Hi Bill, like you, i dont like to hunt field edges in the morning. I hunt closer to bedding. As far as evening, what about picked cornfields? Would i be better off hunting edge of woods by picked cornfields last week of october and most of november and stay away from bedding in the evenings? I know where i need to be in the mornings just not the evenings. Also i dont have much land with my woods to plant food plots so if i ever decided to bait, would it be better to bait in middle of woods or more on the edge of woods? Thanks

[@bill-winke]

Craig, recently I have had good success hunting near bedding areas in the evenings too. If you can get in there and do all day hunts that would be best. Those bedding area spots will go dead about an hour before the end of legal shooting time, but prior to that (early afternoon) they can be really good. If the exit is sketchy from those spots in the evenings, then I would try to find funnels between two bedding areas to hunt for the evenings - something you can get in and out of easily without alerting deer. That would be ideal. Small interior fields are also good for evenings, but the field edges are tough to hunt with a bow because of their size. Also, does stop coming out into those places about November 6/7 roughly because they harassed non-stop. So the bucks stop hitting them also. Good luck.

[@craigwagner327]

@@bill-winke ok thanks, with me having some cornfields around my woods, would it still make sense for me to bait? The only reason I asked is because I have 2 hunters bordering my property that bait. I have high pressure in my hunting area

[@steveholtz3401]

I went out yesterday morning (Tuesday), seen many scrapes that weren't there Sunday. Also had 15 to 20 deer ticks on my pants when the sun came up

[@Bryan-wc3et]

Spray all your clothes with permethrin, it’s odorless and works flawlessly

[@Pwrcritter]

Get a tick key. Works well.

[@mattfelt4242]

Hey bill, what code of silence would you recommend for Michigan? 25-55 degrees. Thanks

[@bill-winke]

Matt, I think the Zone 7 Dialed In line would work pretty well for that temperature range. You will definitely have to layer under it when you get down to the 20s but should be OK on its own in the 40s and 50s. Here is a link, but you will have to browse around on the site to find the various pieces (tops and bottoms). I am a huge fan of the bibs for most hunting in those temperature ranges. Good luck. www.codeofsilence.com/collections/jackets-and-tops/products/zone7-dialed-in-parka

[@edwardclark5211]

Dream Big brother 🙏

[@bill-winke]

Thanks Edward, you too.

[@JayN4GO]

Punched my buck tag earlier this month thanks to some tips you gave. But , it’s been so hard to get on a doe or 2. Isn’t that how it goes. No more buck tags so all I see is bucks.

[@bill-winke]

That is right. I remember one evening back in the early 2000s I had shot my bucks and was out trying to shoot a doe and really big clean ten pointer came out and stood eating beans with his head down for at least 30 minutes. I am not exaggerating, he was less than 40 yards away and never lifted his head for at least 30 minutes. It was around November 30 and I am sure he was whipped from the rut. But that is how it goes - had I been buck hunting that deer would have mysteriously been a doe! Good comment and congrats.

[@devinsmith38]

Would you rattle this weekend? (eastern Iowa)

[@Outrunninaround.]

Is afternoon and evening the same?

[@bill-winke]

To me, it is. I just call any hunt after midday an "evening hunt" versus a "morning hunt" prior to midday. Thanks for the comment. Have a great day.

[@QCutube]

I like mornings so there daylight to find the deer if needed& daylight to process deer

[@bill-winke]

That makes a lot of sense. Also, it seems that bucks are on their feet longer in daylight in the mornings than they are in the evenings. Good luck.

[@EdwardHans-eb2xx]

Is it too early for a buck decoy? Thanks

[@bill-winke]

Probably. I think that comes once the bucks start to rut more intensely. You may be a response from curiosity now, but not from territorial anger, I don't believe. That will come soon though. Good luck.

[@EdwardHans-eb2xx]

@@bill-winke Thanks

[@guardianminifarm8005]

Outstanding. Thank you. I hunt a property that I am payed to manage. TSI, tree plantings, wetlands management, etc. The land owner wants the buck population thinned because there are too many and they have damaged young trees in the plantings with rubs. I harvested a doe in the evening with a young buck present. He wouldn't leave the area. I snort weezed and he came closer. I grunted an aggressive mature buck grunt and he stumped and snorted. So I shot him too. I wanted a more mature buck but the land owner does not mind and a young buck tastes good. I was very surprised how this buck behaved. My son named him the "Big 6" from our cameras. So he is a decent 3.5 year old. The buck wasn't chasing the doe. He just checked her. When she presented a good shot I elected to take her. And he stayed. Interesting behavior.

[@bill-winke]

Interesting. It is possible that some does are in estrus now. Carsen shot a buck this morning that was in full rut mode, running through the woods. It was an older buck too. Good luck.

[@brockpeck7073]

I can't hunt mornings or I would. I'm a mail man and work every day but Sunday. I only get evenings to kill bucks.

[@stevemitchell8631]

It's 95 here and I'm haven't had a deer on camera in two days

[@bill-winke]

That is really tough. It has been seasonal here but I am not getting much on most of my cameras right now either. A couple of them are showing some action (those around scrapes), but most are pretty dead. Good luck.

[@stevemitchell8631]

@@bill-winke thanks u to bud

[@webbynater]

I'll hunt mornings any day I have available to hunt.

[@ianwadsworth3401]

that’s it exactly. in my opinion if you hunt public or are limited in time to hunt, hunt when you can where you can that will give you best possible opportunity.

[@gavinbenz9034]

Yes obviously if you’re limited to time you gotta hunt when you can. Just now this time of year you’ll see more much more in the morning

[@webbynater]

@@gavinbenz9034 I’m not limited on time, I just love to hunt so I’m getting out every chance I get.

[@jakedewitz120]

Ok

[@brianschrift4860]

First :)

[@RuttinBuck-z2o]

Who cares ???😂😂

[@brianschrift4860]

@@RuttinBuck-z2o :))))))