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Old 06-04-2008 | 02:00 PM
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Default RE: Moon Phases

I looked at it some more and what stands out more to me is not so much the phase of the moon (ie full, new, waxing, waning, etc) but the fact that during the time that you will be there the moon will be rising and setting during the day.

For example here are the times for the 27th of November, 2008 in Alberta:


RISES SETS LENGTH of DAY
SUN 0812 am 1619 pm 8 hrs 7 minutes
MOON0848 am1541 pm

This means the sun is only out for 8 hrs that day (plus about an extra hourof light before sunrise/sunset). So if you sit all day you are looking at about a 10 hr stretch. More importantly the moon is rising and setting similiar to the sun that week which will put it directly overhead around 1230(lunch) on this day and within an hour or two of that for most of the week.

Hopefully the rut/weather will help you and things will fall into place. If there is 8 hours of light in a day and 16 hours of dark you have to believe deer will be moving at some point during the day, I can't imagine them bedding for the entire 8 hours especially if it is coldor ifthe rut is a factor.

My random guess is it might be a little slower than normal at dawn and dusk but you could see a spike in mid day activity(0930am-1430 pm), again completly random guess not knowing what the weather or rutting activity will be like.

However it turns out, good luck to you, I'm jealous.
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