the lunatr tables are actually quite simple the first moon after the autumnal equinox is the pre rut moon and the secon one is the rutting moon. bucks start to feel the urge after the first one and the second starts the real rut..well more or less.. in betwwen these too moons is the opre rut and after the second one startd the real rut then the third full moon begins the post rut..the moonlight signals the does estrous levels..so on those full moon nights buck activity is hott...many scientists disagree about how the moons make deer behave during the day but they do kno how the the moon coordinates the rut this is all my theory based upon lots of reading of charles alsheimer, grant woods, and many other deer authorties