It's funny how things are a matter of common knowledge. Maybe it's a carryover from deer hunting right at twilight? Those animals that are bedded down all day, for the most part, get up and move to feed as it gets dark toward evening.
However, I have always been a little disapointed in the action right at the tail end of shooting light. Just doesn't jive with conventional wisdom. Those coyotes are supposed to be active in the late afternoon, right? Actually, I don't think so. At least in the desert Southwest. You can get them up and moving to a call, but maybe they are getting some good sack time as it cools off, and left to their own devices, they wouldn't roll out 'til well after dark.
In my experience, the first three hours of the morning are the finest predator hunting you will ever see. I slug it out when on an important hunt, and get some response all day long, but nothing like that early hunting. Summertime, I admit, it can be real slow during the heat of the day. You will still snag a few, if you are calling in the right places. So, late afternoon seldom lives up to expectations. It's better than the heat of the day, but hardly Katie bar the door.
There will always be exceptions, usually because of weather conditions, or moon phase. You can't say that afternoons are a waste of time, because they aren't. They produce. Right off the top of my head, perhaps half as good as morning hunting....something like that? But, it's interesting, nonetheless. Seems like your anticipation is way up there for those stands made at dusk, donut?
So, I have to agree with Wiley E; it ain't just him.
Of course, it may be that neither of us knows what it takes to get it done in the afternoon. Is that possible?
Nah.
Good hunting. LB