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Phases of the moon and hunting
kinkfeather:
i am sure the moon phases have alot to do with deer movement.i have hunted in the evening on full moon an seen very few deer.one time during the full moon got out of my stand 10 minutes before legal hunting was to end went to my truck went home an forgot my back pack.ate supper with my family an about 10 pm when back to get my back pack an seen 13 deer in the field i was hunting.they ran back to the woods under my stand.deer do not like to stay in a woods in the dark.they like to go to open fields at night.they can see better,hear,smell better if they need to run they can.has anyone read whitetail wisdom it is a good one.now i have found that deer like to feed later in the mornings on a full moon.i am sure deer feed 3 different times a day.they just do not go to bed an stay beded down all day.they get up an move around drink water or eat.they are like cows or sheep they are graziers.when it is hot i do not see deer much except around watering holes.during the prerut alot of movement.rut anything goes.post rut hard to bowhunt.they are nervous as a cat on a hot tin roof.kink
sailordad:
--- Quote from: tgr on September 13, 2010, 07:02:28 pm ---Any particular website used to calculate the times?
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well i used to get what was called sportsmans calender.
it had all the moon phases and what times on each day that were good better best for fishing and hunting.
i havent used one in about 8-10 yrs now,my gps that i bought back then and ever since then have all that data built in.
one thing i can say about the times and dates mine show,for the excellent days and times i always see alot of game on them days at those times.
but that doesnt mean i fill tags,its still a matter of being in the right spot at the right time and not getting busted in the process
JW_Halverson:
I have spent a great deal of time and money researching just this subject. I have determined it is best to hunt whenever you have the time. Yup.
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El Destructo:
--- Quote from: JW_Halverson on September 13, 2010, 11:25:38 pm --- I have determined it is best to hunt whenever you have the time. Yup.
:-\
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I could not agree more......... ;D
Justin Snyder:
--- Quote from: sailordad on September 13, 2010, 07:20:47 pm ---
--- Quote from: tgr on September 13, 2010, 07:02:28 pm ---Any particular website used to calculate the times?
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well i used to get what was called sportsmans calender.
it had all the moon phases and what times on each day that were good better best for fishing and hunting.
i havent used one in about 8-10 yrs now,my gps that i bought back then and ever since then have all that data built in.
one thing i can say about the times and dates mine show,for the excellent days and times i always see alot of game on them days at those times.
but that doesnt mean i fill tags,its still a matter of being in the right spot at the right time and not getting busted in the process
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I use the one built into my GPS also. It tells me the time so I started watching even when I wasn't hunting. I have watched herds of elk get up out of their bed within five minutes of when it said they would and bed down again within minutes of when it said. Native peoples all over the world have used lunar calendars of their own making for planting and harvesting for many centuries, I believe they were using them for hunting also.
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