#2161547 - 11/12/10 02:50 PM
deer movement during full moon.
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Bonecollector88
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I see during opening morning of rifle it will be a full moon, was wondering if anybody could tell me how deer movement is when a full moon is out and maybe a time fram they will move
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#2161627 - 11/12/10 04:04 PM
Re: deer movement during full moon.
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Bone Collector
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6:22 in the am then not again until 1:13 Pm. JK!
Seriously i have noticed more mid day movement during that moon phase, but i have also noticed good early morning movement. that's just me. of course no telling when they will move, so just hunt as long as you can.
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#2161658 - 11/12/10 04:56 PM
Re: deer movement during full moon.
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On average, daylight movement during a Full Moon period is approximately half that of daylight movement around the New Moon.
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#2161666 - 11/12/10 05:07 PM
Re: deer movement during full moon.
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passthrough76
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Not to say anything against what BSK posted because he has many more hunting seasons under his belt and much more data to back it up, but I have shot everyone one of my bigger bucks(5) during a full moon phase. Also, all of them were shot before 9 AM. I personally love the full moon.
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#2164648 - 11/14/10 08:41 PM
Re: deer movement during full moon.
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Weather is a much more powerful player than the moon. I would MUCH rather hunt good weather conditions under a full moon than poor weather conditions under a new moon.
I do believe the moon plays a role in daylight deer movement, but I also believe that moon conditions are one of the weakest influences on deer movement.
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#2164875 - 11/14/10 10:48 PM
Re: deer movement during full moon.
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A coworker said on his 11 acres there's one 8pt buck that only comes to the trail cam at 2am on a full moon. Not sure how much he follows that schedule but I guess that's the only times he's seen the pics of him. Interesting how evasive some deer are. I'd love to find out how to track one of those elusive bucks that are rarely ever seen even though their territory is often hunted.
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#2165013 - 11/15/10 06:51 AM
Re: deer movement during full moon.
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I'd love to find out how to track one of those elusive bucks that are rarely ever seen even though their territory is often hunted.
Unfortunately, a GPS-collar is the only way to go. Very expensive and very hard to get around a mature buck's neck!
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#2165017 - 11/15/10 06:53 AM
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I'd love to find out how to track one of those elusive bucks that are rarely ever seen even though their territory is often hunted.
and i bet you would be surprised by how many times a hunter is feet from the deer and never knew it.
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#2165025 - 11/15/10 06:56 AM
Re: deer movement during full moon.
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In my experience afternoon activity is incredible during a full moon
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#2165032 - 11/15/10 07:05 AM
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tndrbstr
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I'd love to find out how to track one of those elusive bucks that are rarely ever seen even though their territory is often hunted. Unfortunately, a GPS-collar is the only way to go. Very expensive and very hard to get around a mature buck's neck!
I am afraid with future technoligys it won't always be that way...could you imagine what effect an affordable tracking device small enough to be shot out of a tranquilizer gun type shell and embeded under the skin would have on the "hunting" sport?... 
IMO technology and marketing are already starting to deminish the art of hunting from our sport....
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