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Old 02-08-2013 | 05:41 AM
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Vinny_HC
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Originally Posted by fshafly2
Vinnie
Here is a reference to a research study (Measuring Fine-Scale White-Tailed Deer Movements and Environmental Influences Using GPS Collars) that did not find any link between the moon and deer movement:
http://www.hindawi.com/journals/ijeco/2010/459610/
-fsh
Awesome article! I especially like the line stating " Instead, routine crepuscular movements, presumed to maximize thermoregulation and minimize predation risk, appear to be the most important factors influencing movements. "

I wonder why so many swear by the moon so strongly. I wonder if it has something to do with trying to observe a correlation between deer movement and any of the 4 daily major/minor moon periods. If you give yourself a 2 hour window and 4 periods a day it is bound to overlap I guess. One reason I haven't used it much is because the deer don't move around much during the day where I hunt, if at all. I have seen them walk around their bed, etc but not actually travel/seek too much mid day.

Here is another link that agrees with what you sent. It is a video by a guys who did a similar study:
http://www.qdma.com/videos/does-the-...-deer-movement
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