November Full Moon
10-17-2006, 08:32 PM
#11
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Oct 1998
Location: Hughesville, PA USA
Posts: 18,322
RE: November Full Moon
ORIGINAL: mobowhuntr
OK....then why is it different north and south? I mean, the amount of daylight is the same, so why do does in say.....Texas, come into estrous in December? I just don't get any of this.....[&:]
OK....then why is it different north and south? I mean, the amount of daylight is the same, so why do does in say.....Texas, come into estrous in December? I just don't get any of this.....[&:]
10-17-2006, 08:38 PM
#12
Join Date: Mar 2004
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Posts: 13,082
RE: November Full Moon
Yes, the moon phase is indeed the same, which is why I was more confused than I normally am. [&:]
OK....so Alsheimer don't know his elbows from his knees, and it's photoperiodism.....I can buy that, in fact, that makes more sense than the moon thing.....
OK....so Alsheimer don't know his elbows from his knees, and it's photoperiodism.....I can buy that, in fact, that makes more sense than the moon thing.....
10-17-2006, 08:46 PM
#13
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Blossvale, New York
Posts: 21,199
RE: November Full Moon
It's the amount of daylight that sets off the rut, but in conjunction with the moon it can and does effect daylight movement. Your ideal would be to have a blackout on the 14th or so. If it's a full blown neon moon, you can look for more movement during midday than at first and last light. I haven't looked, but probably optimum movement will be like 8 or 9 at night and 2 or 3 in the AM and then 11-1 or so during the day
10-18-2006, 04:24 AM
#14
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Batesville IN USA
Posts: 242
RE: November Full Moon
I have noticed that the deer don't move much when there is a full moon they kinda hold up until after dark or around noon they move a little bit but if your hunting in Pike Co. don't worry about a thing just about all the big bucks that came from there in the past.
If temps aren't right, they move at night. That sounded pretty good.
10-18-2006, 09:49 AM
#16
Typical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Shawnee, KS
Posts: 774
RE: November Full Moon
That kinda sucks that there will be a full moon on the 5th, I was planning on bowhunting that weekend and was looking forward to a little action in the evening and in the morning. In MO, that weekend is the weekend before rifle season andIMO is the best time to take a big buck with a bow......
10-18-2006, 10:54 AM
#17
Fork Horn
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Live = Northern IL, Hunt = West Central IL
Posts: 297
RE: November Full Moon
What if itis cloudy at night for 1 week straight during the full moon phase? - are they still moving more at night?
Are you saying that for whatever reason they like to move by the light of the silvery full moon?
Aren'ttheir eyes almost as good at night as they are during the day?
Why would they need the extra light of the full moon to move more?
I believe people think they move more during the full moon (if it isn't cloudy), because WE humans can see them moving around since the moon is casting a lot of light for US to see them with.
The rut occurs every year within a 14 day period in the North, whether it coincides with the photoperiodism, the full moon, or because of the Great Pumpkin - it really doesn't matter to me.
I just wish I had a job and a life that would allow me to be in the woods as much as possible during that timeframe.
Instead, most of that time, I will be stuck at work looking at all of your swollen neck, multi-pointed, drop-tined, crab-clawed, split-tined,heavy-racked, kicker-pointed, broken-rack, heavy bodied, big buck pictures (before, during lunch break and after only of course).
Good Luck.
Are you saying that for whatever reason they like to move by the light of the silvery full moon?
Aren'ttheir eyes almost as good at night as they are during the day?
Why would they need the extra light of the full moon to move more?
I believe people think they move more during the full moon (if it isn't cloudy), because WE humans can see them moving around since the moon is casting a lot of light for US to see them with.
The rut occurs every year within a 14 day period in the North, whether it coincides with the photoperiodism, the full moon, or because of the Great Pumpkin - it really doesn't matter to me.
I just wish I had a job and a life that would allow me to be in the woods as much as possible during that timeframe.
Instead, most of that time, I will be stuck at work looking at all of your swollen neck, multi-pointed, drop-tined, crab-clawed, split-tined,heavy-racked, kicker-pointed, broken-rack, heavy bodied, big buck pictures (before, during lunch break and after only of course).
Good Luck.
10-18-2006, 02:45 PM
#18
Join Date: Jan 2006
Location: The Tar Heel State
Posts: 314
RE: November Full Moon
What happens if you haveheavy cloudcover for a couple weeks in October (as is very possible in the Northeast)?... I believe that the rut is pretty muchduring the same timeframe each year (though it can vary according to latitude) to insure that the fawns are mature enough to survive the following winter. This would explain why the rut is earlier in NY than in NC!
10-18-2006, 06:28 PM
#20
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2003
Posts: 1,203
RE: November Full Moon
All I remember about the rutting moon is last year they went friggen nuts the very morning after. I don't remember seeing big bucks moving the very next day, but the small guys just went gonzo. There was all kinds of seeking going on. Was it associated to the rutting moon? I can't say for sure. But if it wasn't it sure was coincidental!!