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So the full moon falls Nov 6the this year, and according to alsheimers formulas. The rut should fall classically.. seeking should take.place Nov1st - Nov. 10th, with chasing falling 8th-17th. With breeding following for ten - 14 days or the 13th-27th. this will place main breeding during the opening 2weeks of gun.. or if youhunted in 2006 it should be the same as then ..... I'm lucky if I can remember last week.. hope this helps if any one is trying to schedule vacations...

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I always have good luck on the 11-12 -13th... maybe cause I'm off for my birthday and. Hunting those days.. I always believe there are a few early does as well.. usually a few days to week or so ahead of the main breeding doe group.

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So the full moon falls Nov 6the this year, and according to alsheimers formulas. The rut should fall classically.. seeking should take.place Nov1st - Nov. 10th, with chasing falling 8th-17th. With breeding following for ten - 14 days or the 13th-27th. this will place main breeding during the opening 2weeks of gun.. or if youhunted in 2006 it should be the same as then ..... I'm lucky if I can remember last week.. hope this helps if any one is trying to schedule vacations...

Perfect time frame for me. Cannot wait.

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if you go by lunar tables for day light activity you get opening week of bow season is good, the few days leading up to Halloween, November 3-4, November 12-18, the new moon on Nov 22 through thanksgiving week, and then around the second weekend in Dec (13-16th).  I got it from this handy PSE calendar.

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So, he's saying the bucks will be active during most of November seeking, chasing, breeding & more chasing of does?

LOL...Yes the same they always have,Year after Year after Year and they always will. If you kept tabs on all your hunting trips and the activity of the days you would find very few of these line up as some say. They will cycle and they will get bred regardless.

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Thus starts this year's Rutting Moon vs Photoperiod debate and when to plan vacation time..! :fie:

 

My plan for hunting the rut is much less scientific than either of the above theories, I retired and hunt all I can! Okay, I'm joking. Don't be hating!

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I don't ever plan vacation or hunt solely based on the "rutting moon".  I hunt when I get the chance.  vacation wise I try to avoid hunting in absolute horrible weather that will have movement at a minimum.  that said I try to keep an open mind and not ignore the stuff.  it shows it all happens within days, but to some people a few days might be all they've got.  It's up to them to look at all the factors that attribute to their hunting and weigh which is important at any given time.  This stuff is just another tool in the shed when it comes to a hunter putting meat in the freezer or antler on the wall.

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I harvested 7 of 8 deer in a peak lunar phase last season. I am aware that photoperiod triggers biological changes at fairly fixed dates and hot does will get bred;

However a hunter's likelihood of observing breeding behavior is effected by things like extreme weather and lunar phase.

That said I'd never plan on it being good months in advance with any certainty...bad weather is more likely to influence sightings than prime lunar conditions would.

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I harvested 7 of 8 deer in a peak lunar phase last season. I am aware that photoperiod triggers biological changes at fairly fixed dates and hot does will get bred; However a hunter's likelihood of observing breeding behavior is effected by things like extreme weather and lunar phase. That said I'd never plan on it being good months in advance with any certainty...bad weather is more likely to influence sightings than prime lunar conditions would. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

You are talking does here correct.  So many other factors come in play when you are talking females and males and from young deer to old. 

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I'm pretty sure the does are in charge of the breeding and my point was that many factors contribute to breeding activity sightings....I'm not excluding age or any other factor.

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Psyched about the supposed timing of the chasing phase.  Hope its gangbusters. Past two seasons it seemed like I was keying in too early.  This year I got vaca right on it.  But From now til about halloween I'm wrapping up some honey-dos, only hunting a little.

 

It seems like chasing is always winding down by the time rifle season in southern zone starts.  At least in the catskills where I am.  We see many of our bucks locked up with a doe that is just hanging around within a small area, not moving much at all.  Not easy hunting.  Weather conditions and ability to sneak up on them is most important for us.

 

 

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if you go by lunar tables for day light activity you get opening week of bow season is good, the few days leading up to Halloween, November 3-4, November 12-18, the new moon on Nov 22 through thanksgiving week, and then around the second weekend in Dec (13-16th). I got it from this handy PSE calendar.

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This was spot on,, so. far, with the 8th of October being the best day for daytime activity, here. Dropped right off except for a bump on the 12 th during a cold night. Our first frost here. Weather condition were mild after that, which I m sure had an influence, along with hunter pressure. I ,m curious., as to see how accurate this becomes.

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This was spot on,, so. far...... I ,m curious., as to see how accurate this becomes.

First and foremost I hunt when I can period. However, a hunter should know what to expect and make plans accordingly. Fronts and storms coming or just leaving trumps lunar tables too in my opinion and experience. So doesn't farmers harvesting crops. Lol

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Jeremy,

 

I'm not sure if your post was sarcastic or serious.  If you never see increased activity during rut then I would say you probably are too late on the rut (chasing phase).  Keep in mind, if you do in fact miss this period and they are breeding, it's too late, the bucks are snuggled up and cozy with the doe.  They will get in a thicket and breed continuously for days with minimal movement. 

 

I hunt Niagara county and Alleghany county.

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I'm gonna forward a link to this topic to all the deer where we hunt so they know. We never see any increased activity during the rut,it actually get less some years.

Sounds like your buck to doe ratio is way out of whack. Bucks aren't on the move as much because they don't have to look far. Also it makes for poor results when calling.

Have that problem here so we pretty much need to rely on funnels and hunting pressure. Try taking 33% of doe population and/or get people to pass 1.5 year old bucks. Might not be able to get the neighborhood but at least a couple neighbors with you.

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