I think its normal for the most part. I have been seeing deer in bean fields in my area mid-day as well. I hope you have permission to hunt that field. Would be interesting to get a set up on coyotes in that field.

 

They bed close to there food this time of year, there just picking up lunch!! Get a iPhone attachment of a spotting scope already!

 

My buddy has the iscope I need to get that from him.

 

Bingo!

 

The moonrise was at 9am today plus the new moon this past Thursday gets deer moving later in the day. And as much as everyone thinks the moon plays no part in deer movement. I'm a firm believer that it does somewhat have an effect on deer movement second to weather.

 

deer seldom bed for more than 2 hours before getting up for a while. They like to eat every 6 hours. THE TIMING OF THE MOVEMENTS changes as the moon cycles.About a hour and some change each day.

 

I check the Moon Phases with my Game Cams and what my Cams say and create these Graphs with my computer. There are 10 categories on this graph so almost 3000 Pix's / 10 = average 30 per category of the phase, so the graphs show when deer get hungry. I usually use the data/time of the 1st pix of the deer because some eat hours LOL

Each category of the phase is 3 days each (30 day month / 10 = 3 days)

then I added the July Month with the graphs

and I believe what HazelVilleBuck said

my 2¢

 

Here is a picture with my phone through the binoculars. His right side has double beams. 1:30 in the afternoon with a couple other bucks. @River rat86

 

Kool get that hay bail blind setup so they get used to it, and stick him opening day

 

Can't hunt it. But he's still fun to watch.

 

Moon phases etc are voodoo at best. There is no consistent predictably associated with it.
Funny

 

you would be wrong, but that's okay!

 

Just give it 39 days and they will be in a brushpile during the day.

 

Not sure why you stopped snippeting where you did...
Like I said, I just dont believe in it.

 

Not sure why you stopped snippeting where you did...
Like I said, I just dont believe in it.

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I would challenge old Diefenbach to drive around and watch deer and note the times he sees serious movement during daylight hours and then go grab a field and stream and look at the major/minor movement periods...he may be surprised

 

Oh what some people would give for a deer to walk another body length.

 

Weather/Cold Fronts/High Barometric Pressure.. Trumps moon phase IMO but I do believe the moon plays a part. Cold Fronts/Weather can make a particular hunt, if the moon phase happens to be favorable and coincides even better...

 

The part i have trouble with is barometric pressure , my best hunting always has been a east wind.