Moon guide

[greensider]

Does anyone use one of those red moon guides 

[Bow sniper]

BS hunt the weather patterns 

[land 1]

agree with sniper and i , don't believe the moon triggers the rut 

[BowmanMike]

not to derail the topic,but i heard that deer feed more readily in the daylight when the moon is up. So far this year it seems to have some merit,opinions?

[BowmanMike]

I also think the rut happens around the same time every year,moon or not.

[JRod 8G8H]

Idk because in 2016 we had a supermoon and the very next morning I saw the craziest chasing I've ever seen.. The bucks looked possessed

[crappyice]

I hate hunting the morning after a full moon. In my experience i see SQUAT on those sits. May be a zillion other factors that play into that but my slowest morning sits seem to happen after a full moon


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[rob-c]

1 hour ago, crappyice said:

I hate hunting the morning after a full moon. In my experience i see SQUAT on those sits. May be a zillion other factors that play into that but my slowest morning sits seem to happen after a full moon


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I agree, we have noticed the same lack of activity after full moon. I also agree that the moon has no effect on the rut. 

[2012_taco]

Old proverb? "Full moon, hunt at noon" 

[Nytracker]

 On a full moon does are up and feeding most of the night . If the does are up the bucks are up .  Normal deer movement  is dusk feed .. a few hours sleep  chewing there cud  then feed again . Chew there cud... morning feed then bed up at daylight . Full moon its twilight  all night .  Bed at daybreak chew their cud . Up and feed midday.  Bed  up chew there cud and move in the evening.  

If you ever drive the night shift you would see the pattern.

 I had a couple conversations with Charlie  Alsheimer. He would tell you temperature , weather , hunting pressure  can change those patterns.

His books are very informative.   D&DH give a brief overall  bit of information.  It's not a perfect system but the moon plays a bigger part of what happends in the deer woods than most give  credit.  Believe what you want but in the overall picture of things  .

I  have  missed more than a few ruts by playing the second week of November   rut dates for my vacation . Nothing worse  than watching social media pics blow up  from work . Then getting vacation  during lock down and post rut  and seeing next to nothing  for a week .

To each his own predicting the rut is like metrology  take the info you have make an educated  guess.  Some times your right sometimes your wrong.

Edited October 9, 2019 by Nytracker

[Chef]

not to derail the topic,but i heard that deer feed more readily in the daylight when the moon is up. So far this year it seems to have some merit,opinions?

I agree to a extent and I also feel a full moon as them feed more in the middle of the night as they can see better. I think that kills the normal diurnal patterns


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[Jeremy K]

I just hunt the days I have off work .

[The_Real_TCIII]

I just hunt the days I have off work .

Right


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[turkeyfeathers]

  Harvest moon !

Edited October 9, 2019 by turkeyfeathers

[doebuck1234]

Have never truly tried to figure it out.id does seem the little chits are out there on a nice clear night with the moon up,eating away.then back in bed by 3-4am.seems like we all get that jist.grandfather always hated the clear sky/moon nights.hunts then seem worthless as typically dont see squat!

[Northcountryman]

I’m sure that the light of the moon has some impact upon normal feeding and bedding pattens but not sure if it a as much as given credit to. There’s also been research into the moons affect on behavior of animals , humans included causing erratic behavior ( “luna” tic for example) . This may be due to gravitational effects if you believe that sort of thing