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"Legal" Shooting Time and a Full Moon
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<blockquote data-quote="Mike Belt" data-source="post: 4558488" data-attributes="member: 69"><p>I've never known another deer hunter mention "legal time" while deer hunting either but there is a legal time that changes with sunrise times throughout the season. In all my years of deer hunting I only remember 3 times that it came into play with me holding off on shooting and they all involved full moons; twice in an open field and once in the timber. The buck was there and I could see enough of his frame to tell he had the antlers I was looking for including his body frame denoting how much bigger he was than the deer he was with... and right there in my scope. No doubt about it and they could have easily been killed. I probably could have fired and nothing would have ever been said or done about it other than maybe someone mentioning hearing an early shot. It just felt wrong doing it, sort of like spotlighting considering I knew what time sunrise was. Granted, this scenario doesn't play out often so the biggest majority of hunters don't bother checking legal shooting time. I know I don't but still I know "about" when shooting time rolls around. It's a heck of a feeling watching one of the biggest bucks you've seen in years walk away like that knowing you could have killed him. Just goes to show how nocturnal those big boys can be. Under the light of the moon they may step out like that but as the sun creeps over the horizon they creep into the cover.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike Belt, post: 4558488, member: 69"] I've never known another deer hunter mention "legal time" while deer hunting either but there is a legal time that changes with sunrise times throughout the season. In all my years of deer hunting I only remember 3 times that it came into play with me holding off on shooting and they all involved full moons; twice in an open field and once in the timber. The buck was there and I could see enough of his frame to tell he had the antlers I was looking for including his body frame denoting how much bigger he was than the deer he was with... and right there in my scope. No doubt about it and they could have easily been killed. I probably could have fired and nothing would have ever been said or done about it other than maybe someone mentioning hearing an early shot. It just felt wrong doing it, sort of like spotlighting considering I knew what time sunrise was. Granted, this scenario doesn't play out often so the biggest majority of hunters don't bother checking legal shooting time. I know I don't but still I know "about" when shooting time rolls around. It's a heck of a feeling watching one of the biggest bucks you've seen in years walk away like that knowing you could have killed him. Just goes to show how nocturnal those big boys can be. Under the light of the moon they may step out like that but as the sun creeps over the horizon they creep into the cover. [/QUOTE]
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