On Tuesday of next week it is supposed to be in the 20s for a high. What is some of your past history on hunting days this cold? Thinking about sitting on a big food plot all day. The rut is close where I am at.

I like a clear cut find where the sun hits the strongest and they will be there

I have always been under the assumption that the deer move well during very cold days however, my experience has not proven that to be the case (at least where I hunt).

On those brutally cold days it seems like our deer are bedded and do not move well at all.

As stated, others will have very different opinions.

Not an expert...been chasing the damn things 35 years though...On REALLLLLLY cold mornings especially, our deer down South dont move well...but a sunny cutover where they can get out of the wind and the morning sun hit them is a good bet
Our deer are fat, and in most cases well fed...They have no immediate need to move when its that cold, they expend more energy staying warm than they get...as in calories...They, in my experience hunker down somewhat till it passes...BUT, its rutting behavior now...Bucks will be up moving whatever the weather...killed my biggest on a powerline in 20mph wind and 20 degrees in mid January...

I had some land on Straight Mountain in Springville, and when it was single digits up there, I could not find a deer. I am interested in seeing how deer act on my new lease in Greene County.

Yeah, I am actually hunting about 15 mintues from Springville. The food plot I was thinking about has about a 2 acre field right by the plot that is kind of on a slope where the sun would hit it pretty well. I haven't had a lot of luck on extremely cold days, but I also haven't been able to sit for that long. Using a heater in a shooting house should fix that problem though.

If you have any clearcut land with a good-sized slope facing south, find ways to hunt it. In the am, see if you can find a road inside the cut they have to cross to get to that area... in the pm, look for the most available food source (food plot in the cutover, acorns adjacent to it, etc.) near it and look for activity earlier than usual that afternoon.

I Have always noticed our deer here in the black belt don't move good till that thermo hits 30 degrees. They just don't have those nice fur jackets they have up north I reckon. Even then a nice sunny spot for them and me to get warm in.

Have to agree with the sunny side of a cut-over hill, out of the wind is a great place to hunt on an extremely cold morning.

Someone should tell this little guy he needs to go lay in the sun.

From the look of the shadows, you are on the sunny side of a hill on a cut over....just saying.

Hunted some clear cut Friday morning, caught two sun bathing at the forests edge, hardly moving more than a snails pace just browsing and getting warm. I saw the shine of her coat in the sun with a buck right behind her, keep yalls eyes open in this cold weather they are going to need that sun.