Skeered of the Dark

[YELLOWBLACKMASK]

Not the first time I have came across this topic, but was talking with some guys awhile back about ideal hunting timeframes.

I mentioned that we predominantly hunt at night and haven't ventured into daylight in several years.
Immediately I received an ole familiar response that alot of folks seem to have about night hunting.

(I'm not going in on a big hog at night)   

My question is simply .......why not..what are your reasons? 

Usually I receive the common response like...you can't see good enough at night and its way to dangerous ...or dogs can't see well enough to get away from the hog in a thicket. 

Hmmmmmm.  Haha. I hear these excuses while they hold a two dollar walmart special head light that they cannot see ten feet in front of them...

But I will give the sake of conversation a chance.

If you will not night hunt for specific reasons.....let's hear what they are. 

Enjoy.

[hillbilly]

I hear all the same excuses. I would rather hunt in the daylight myself but it is just to hot. I can hunt longer at night.

[YELLOWBLACKMASK]

Agreed. I personally enjoyed daylight hunting especially in the winter.

But we have found the downfalls that come along with daylight hunting far exceed the downfalls of nighttime in our area.
Not downing daytime runners at all.

But I have never understood the reluctance to go at night.
Hell I even have seasoned hunters with far more experience under their belts just flat out refuse.

[Purebreedcolt]

People gripe about snakes they can't see them as well or they come out in the summer and it it too hot to hunt days in summer so they just hunt in the winter.

[BA-IV]

I'm a daytime man myself.  I just hate hunting at night.  I do this mostlyfor the dogs so I enjoy walking into and watching a good bay, that's hard to do at night.  Plus I like to track hunt and that's almost impossible at night.

I'm coming around to hunting at night, I know my rough dog has more bay come night fall.  I'm ventirig more out at night on my solo hunts and some are rough on me.  Walking along ways into a bay and habit to walk out and lead dogs and getting turned around, it's hog hunting and night hunting is better then no hunting.   No good excuses as to why I don't, it just boils down to I'm more comfortable during the day whether it's 100 degrees out, but once I do the night owl thing for awhile, I'll be better at it 

[country man 563]

i would much rather hunt at night myself..... yeah you have to worry about snakes and other thangs that you cant see that well but that doesnt worry me near as bad as some trigger happy jackwagon weekend rambo wannbe thats gonna shot at  everythang that moves

plus as stated befor you can run alot longer at night

[t.wilbanks]

I prefer the daytime because watching the dogs work is what it's about to me..

But the majority of our hunting is done at night.. I think going into a bay at night gets my adrenaline pumping more, especially when you cut the bulldog loose and hear that loud blow/grunt from a big hog. 

And I will answer for fire medic... He is old, slow, and skeerd!!!    

[bigo]

Nights are for sleeping. Its cooler at 6:00 in the morning than it is at midnight. When you get old its hard to be out late and do much the next day. I coon hunted at least four nights a week for many years and now when the sun goes down, I want to be at the house.

[halfbreed]

Nights are for sleeping. Its cooler at 6:00 in the morning than it is at midnight. When you get old its hard to be out late and do much the next day. I coon hunted at least four nights a week for many years and now when the sun goes down, I want to be at the house.

    ha ha i'm right thar with you bigo lol hell it's time to eat supper at 4.30 now  lol i'm fixing to start hunting at night again [ coon ] but i like to run hogs in the daylite . to me you get on more full blown sounders in the daytime that are bedded up and have a better chance of muliple kills . i am more interested in wipeing out the hog population than hunting them . plus the fact i run these treeing curs and there is alot more involved in the trash breaking part of it when hunting at night . so much more to do .

[BA-IV]

You make hogs sound like a epidemic or something Halfbreed 

[reatj81]

I'm not saying I won't hunt at night, but I don't!   The reasons are many, but here's a few     
Light always his out about time I need it
I get lost easier
Seems dogs get cut up more
Walk 1 mile threw a thicket when there is a rd or fence row 100 yards away I couldn't see
Can't watch dogs hunt or work
Often my hunts are 6-8 hours can't do that and work the next day

[Miller Lite]

i'll do both but i hate have to rely on a flash light

[Bar W]

I go at night in the summer because it's to hot in the daytime. Sometimes start at 2 or 3am hunt till 9 or 10. A good light and a couple hunting buddies is essential.

[dub]

Day or night don't matter to me. I have a dog that does better during the day. But I ain't worried about snakes you can't see them good day or night. I ain't worried about the hog stuff happens day or night. I mostly hunt at night but hunt during the day if I get the chance.

[TShelly]

These are the problems I have at night.

1.) hogs run, run and run more... Unless you hunt extremely rough, shut them down type dogs

2.) the cd's routinely miss the hogs that are bayed at night, then it's off to the races. And these are jam up cd's, just not some junk with a vest on

3.) it's harder to see. It's extremely thick youpon, briar, plantation, cut over mix where we mostly hunt. It's hard enough to get through in the daylight much less dark.

4.) we don't love hog hunting enough to go at night. It's just too much work in my opinion


Some of the positives are the hogs move more at night so it is much easier for lesser caliber dogs to find one. It's cooler at times, therefore less heat strokes during the summer, and you can go wherever your dogs go and get them easier without problems.

[Curcross1987]

I only hunt at night very seldom do hunt day light I have never had my catch dog miss not once I have had him drug about 300 yards but when I turn him loose it's caught hog every time nock on wood

[reatj81]

I only hunt at night very seldom do hunt day light I have never had my catch dog miss not once I have had him drug about 300 yards but when I turn him loose it's caught hog every time nock on wood

You better find a big oak!

[SCHitemHard]

things go bump in the night miles... the night time is a very dark time for me

[YELLOWBLACKMASK]

Face your fears Matt. And search for sunshine in your soul. 

Must be the vampire blood in me.  I start to smoke and simmer in the daylight. 

[brad s]

I would rather hunt in daytime but i hunt just as much at night as i do in the day. Main reason for me to hunt at night is the heat an deer season. Plus all the big boys come out to play at night. Most big hogs i have caught have been at night. Some people just scared of the dark i reckon