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Old 10-25-2004 | 04:25 PM
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Default RE: Full moon the 28th,how's the hunting

Honestly Viking, I've been researching this subject for nearly 3 years now. I do find a difference with fish, undoubtably! My findings with deer are sketchy. I have recorded over the past 3 years however, that many people I know see the most amount of rutting activity following the full moon. Not just any full moon, but the full moon in november after the fall equinox...The Rutting Moon! The people I've spoken to have usually no idea it was after the full moon. I just ask my friends, family, and others the dates in which they have shot a deer and recorded it. Most as it seems, dating back now several years take place immediatly after the november full moon. I still am not convinced of my own findings, but it does keep me interested in hunting more immediatly after that november full moon.
Scientists however are still undecided on the subject. Half of these professionals theory that the moon does affect the deer, half don't. So do what I do, ask people after they shot a deer, record it. Maybe you can find some pattern in your neck of the woods. I think I found mine.

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