All I can say is the full moon made no difference in me seeing rutting activity in my arealike many thought it would. I too, now agree that a doe will go into estrus regardless of moon phase/position. I can't say there's nothing to the moon and deer movement because I don't know enough about it YET.
The thing I can't undestand is this photoperiodism (amount of light in a given day) concept. If this theory holds true, why don't all does go into estrus at the same time? This deerhunting thing is an ongoing learning experience. That much I am sure of! For whatever it's worth, it's going to be a new moon/no moon (dark)phase with the moon rising and going down during the day while I'll be hunting Alberta next week. There are those who say this is an ideal scenario. It will be interesting to see what happens.