RE: Full moon and hunting
I agree with a lot of the others. Outside of the rut, I slack off in my morning hunting when the moon is full. But now is a different story. It's on right now in my area. I've seen about 35 deer in the last 5 days. About a third of them have been bucks, with 2 of them being bruisers. I've seen a lot of chasing and every buck has had his nose on the ground or in the air. I hunt close to the bedding in the mornings. If hunting closer to the feed get in very early. With my hunting close to the beds, I go in later when it's light enough to not need a flashlight.Over the last few days they haven't been getting out of the beds until about 8:30 to 9:00, with the majority of the movement during that time or later. Movement in the evenings has been during the last hour. Anyone not getting out there right now is making a grave mistake. Now is when I take my vacation. I've taken my last 3 bucks during the rutting (Full) moon in November. You'll see a lot of the really big bucks taken at midday right now.