Same here, at least from a hunter sighting standpoint. The below graph is hunter sighting rates by waxing and waning moon, as well as percent of the moon's surface illuminated. There are some ups and downs, but nothing really pushes the trend more than about 10% above or below average. I don't think most hunters would notice a 10% change in buck sighting rate.I've tried and tried to relate movement to the moon but have never found any repeatable consistency that allowed me to accurately predict movement. Moon phase, moon position, doesn't matter. I'm not not saying someone else hasn't pegged it, just that I haven't. And I've tried.
MOON PHASE | PHOTOS |
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NEW MOON | 12 |
WAXING CRESCENT | 18 |
FIRST QUARTER | 13 |
WAXING GIBBOUS | 20 |
FULL MOON | 37 |
WANING GIBBOUS | 34 |
THIRD QUARTER | 18 |
WANING CRESCENT | 11 |
This is a very small sample size of just a single camera on a scrape about 150 yds from bedding. Put the camera on that scrape Sep 14th
MOON PHASE PHOTOS NEW MOON 12 WAXING CRESCENT 18 FIRST QUARTER 13 WAXING GIBBOUS 20 FULL MOON 37 WANING GIBBOUS 34 THIRD QUARTER 18 WANING CRESCENT 11
No, I don't believe that Tactacam's filters offer that option (other than going back and counting manually). Here's what they do show overall for time of day picsHave you cross referenced dates and time of day?
TIME | PHOTOS |
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12AM - 4AM | 16 |
4AM - 8AM | 40 |
8AM - 12PM | 41 |
12PM - 4PM | 10 |
4PM - 8PM | 36 |
8PM - 12AM | 20 |
This ^^^^^Have always heard when the moon is bright and full the deer feed all night and move later. Is it true…I don't know and just get in the woods when I can.
I had all kinds of movement the last 3 days; but I really think it had more to do with the much colder temps than it did the full moonDeer moved good yesterday afternoon 2 hours before dark and were moving again this morning shortly after daylight till 9 am.