bueller
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So I really haven't run trail cameras very much during the winter months but a couple weeks ago I put one out on my new place. I put the camera on a heavy trail where it crosses an ag ditch on one of my borders. 100 yards or so on the other side of the ditch there is a farm field. I expected to see deer leaving my place in the afternoon to feed in that field, and possibly coming back in the morning after feeding. Well after pulling the card this weekend here is what I found. Early morning, 1030 and earlier, was by far the most active time with groups of deer leaving my place. Very little afternoon activity in either direction and nothing after dark. Could they be going to eat that early in the morning during the recent below zero weather? Or was I wrong to assume they were bedding on my side and maybe they are bedding on the other side of the ditch? There is a farm field about 1/2 mile away on my side that they could be returning from. What do you guys see as mid-winter deer patterns?