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Is there a consensus on hunting after a full moon

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in a non rut situation. A few weeks ago I just randomly took of a few days to hunt with tomorrow being one of them and it's practically daylight outside right now. Be in the tree before sun up, no rush get there at 7, or forget about it and go on in to work??
 
I find that on those nights, deer move around more, so less likely to move around in the daytime unless pushed by other hunters. If it is a weekend, I have other hunters move them around, on the weekdays, not so much. I somehow got it in my head that if I see any deer on my way in, I am less likely to see any while on stand, but it has not always worked out that way. But I have gotten lucky on those days too, so it's not a set rule with me.
 
I used to hate the full moon. About several years ago I started to love it. I don't necessarily see the number of deer but we have killed several big deer on full moons and around the full moon a few days before and after. Time wise I hunt completely normal. A Cold fronts would be better paired up with it but it is what it is.
 
Never really bought into moon phases affecting deer movement. Not saying it doesn't, i just go hunt and don't pay any attention to the moon. I figure..i get hungry no matter moon phase - I'm sure deer do also, and in the rut, they are chasing and looking for does no matter the moon phase.
 
Ski said:
Ive never noticed a correlation between deer daylight movement and moon phase. My harvest report is all over the place in terms of moon timing.
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With all the data I have to work with, I would consider moon conditions to be the weakest of all influences on daylight deer movement. It has some effect but it is minimal. And by that, I mean from the worst to the best moon conditions, the effect is probably about +/- 10% buck sighting rate from average.

What I do find interesting is how quickly it goes from some of the worst to better than average around the full moon. The improvement starts on the day of the full moon and continue after that.
 
I was in the stand this morning for a few hours before work and saw four different bucks all before 8:00. Only one of them I would classify as a possible shooter, but they were on their feet regardless.
 
I've been in the stand all day and seen 1 yearling at 7 and a decent buck at 12. That's it. Was hoping for some chasing today but woods have been super quiet all day. Maybe these last 2 hours pick up.
 

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