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Old 09-24-2012 | 12:29 PM
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After nearly 30yrs of deer hunting I have seen considerable evidence that the afternoons of "the week-week half of full moon" (that being 3-4 days before and after full moon) ARE influenced positively by the FM. Especially the last hour, boy they really seem to "get busy". On the flipside, mornings sure seemed crappy and other than that first half hour of daylight, I've rarely seen much in the mornings of full moons. "Sometimes" I've felt a slight uptick in activity during 9:30-11 was noticed. I've also always felt that ESPECIALLY during warm weather/warm spells, the full moon REALLY puts a damper on daylight activity. If they are going to feed under a hot sun or can wait and feed all night in cooler temps with plenty of moon light... what do you think they are going to do?

I've sat all day and then hunted 9-3 during full moons (non-rut) and it was a waste of time IMHO. The mornings, despite the slow activity STILL offered the rare chance of a wall hanger. (You can't killem if you aren't out there) The ONLY time I sit all day is the 2wk prime pre-rut and rut itself. (moonphase be damned then)

I've killed far more wall hangers in the afternoon anyway, maybe I'm just partial to the pm hours!

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