Super moon

[Stuntcarpenter]

As a new hunter I have no experience with how full moons or super moons effect deer.

I planed on going after white tail Saturday morning and was wondering if I need to change my hunt to accommodate?

[muirsy]

Some people swear by the moon and will say that a full moon is no good for deer hunting.

I have a finite number of days to hunt every year, so don’t even consider what the moon is doing. In my opinion it’s very far down the list of things to worry about. You won’t kill a deer while sitting at home, that’s for sure!

[Stinky Buffalo]

If you have a smartphone, there's some handy applications that will help calculate the solunar data for your location, and will help predict the times that animals are most active.

There's some online, like this ad-infested one: https://solunarforecast.com/hunting_...5159/-113.4290 (the lat/long is for Edmonton in this case)

But like Muirsy says, you can't kill 'em while sitting at home!

If the animals aren't "out", they still have to be somehwere. Gotta go find them.

[marlin1]

Mules were very active at last light last nite . I tagged a decent buck . But like they said just get out as much as you can . This is like day 6 for me . Stuck it out all day and paid off . Too many guys leave after morning

[Stinky Buffalo]

Originally Posted by marlin1

Mules were very active at last light last nite . I tagged a decent buck . But like they said just get out as much as you can . This is like day 6 for me . Stuck it out all day and paid off . Too many guys leave after morning

True, a lot of hunters like to head to camp for lunch and a nap... And that's kind of the way I was brought up. It's great for camaraderie and relaxation, but I'm finding it's way more productive to have lunch on the trail/stand and make the most of the day.

[Ackleyman]

Originally Posted by Stuntcarpenter

As a new hunter I have no experience with how full moons or super moons effect deer.

I planed on going after white tail Saturday morning and was wondering if I need to change my hunt to accommodate?

Get out there. Load your rifle and hunt sun up to sun down. Have fun.

[spurly]

Just go hunting. You won’t tag out sitting at home

[58thecat]

Originally Posted by spurly

Just go hunting. You won’t tag out sitting at home

Agree, the rut is the rut and it will happen just gotta be out and about to take advantage of the chaos!


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[daveyn]

There are lots of reasons not to be in the field, moon phase would be really low on my list of reasons to stay home. My personal experience would be that the most productive times are first light, between 10:30 and 12:30 and late afternoons, those 3 plus anytime immediatly after bad weather, like as soon as it stops raining or snowing there seems to be a brief window of activity , but to take advantage of that you need to be out in the rain or the snow so you can be out there as soon as it stops while everybody else is playing cards at camp.
Just my experience and moon phase wouldn't even be a consideration.

[Pathfinder76]

The biggest bucks I’ve been a part of killing have all been when there is no moon. I caught them moving a little later in the morning than they had planned I think.

[daveyn]

Just as an update. full moon last night and I am seeing deer everywhere I look this morning. Lots of doe's out and about and lots of 2pt and 3pt bucks chasing them around. all Muley's but they are pretty active today and have been all morning.
Once the rut is on all reason, logic, patterns and home ranges are abandoned.

[waldedw]

Forget the moon and disregard about 90% of the stuff on you tube, just pack up and head out hunting, the deer don't watch you tube and don't stop the rut because it's super moon, get out hunting and enjoy the day you may be pleasantly surprised at what you see happening and learn from it.

[Curtsyneil]

I never go by moon phase but i do know on full moons evening hunts are never good. Weather effects the deer more than any other factor I think and if it's not the weather it's there stomachs.

[Stuntcarpenter]

Thanks for the reply’s.

I had no intentions of not hunting tomorrow. More looking to see if there are any odd habits that I could exploit due to the moon

[dshaw]

Depends on who you talk to. I haven't found the moon to really effect deer I see. But if you ask Cody Robbins, Lee Lakosky they will all tell you the red moon is the best time to hunt. i don't know much about it but never hurts to be a little more educated on it and make your own decision.

[Stuntcarpenter]

We went out Saturday but only saw one doe. Darn horses came in on us twice and probably pushed out anything near us.


Did find a nice matching shed though so that’s a win

[-JR-]

I gave have always had bad luck when there was as a full moon. Normally don’t see anything. Sure changed this year right at noon they seem to travel more
Was it the rut or was it because it was cloudy