Interesting Observation - Full Moon
10-26-2007, 09:00 AM
#1
Nontypical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Illinois
Posts: 1,704
Interesting Observation - Full Moon
Hunting yesterday afternoon in central Illinois during a full moon was very uneventful. The woods were unusually still and i saw zero deer movement.
During the 2 mile walk back to mytruck I saw several deer still bedding down! It was dark and I was using my LED light for the walk back and was illuminating deer eyes every couple of hundred yards, bedded in tall grass.
Then during the drive home I took some extra time to scope out the fields with my night vision scope and found the same thing. Deer bedded in open cut bean fields and alongside creeks.
I've never really bought into the idea that hunting was bad/different during full moons but this is credible evidence supporting that!
Deer movements (sightings) here have been during normal expected times until yesterday.... what gives?
Has anybody else noticed similar? Or did anyone notice anything contradictory?
During the 2 mile walk back to mytruck I saw several deer still bedding down! It was dark and I was using my LED light for the walk back and was illuminating deer eyes every couple of hundred yards, bedded in tall grass.
Then during the drive home I took some extra time to scope out the fields with my night vision scope and found the same thing. Deer bedded in open cut bean fields and alongside creeks.
I've never really bought into the idea that hunting was bad/different during full moons but this is credible evidence supporting that!
Deer movements (sightings) here have been during normal expected times until yesterday.... what gives?
Has anybody else noticed similar? Or did anyone notice anything contradictory?
10-26-2007, 09:52 AM
#3
Typical Buck
Join Date: Jul 2004
Location: Northwest Missouri
Posts: 830
RE: Interesting Observation - Full Moon
Yeah, I was out last evening and only saw one button buck. I thought is was a perfect evening for deer but apparently they didn't. The moon was awfully bright.
10-26-2007, 10:45 AM
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Join Date: Mar 2004
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Posts: 13,082
RE: Interesting Observation - Full Moon
I wonder if it had more to do with the weather??? Just a thought. I hear folks say quite often that hunting during a full moon is tough, because there is so much light at night the deer are up feeding all night....
But don't deer see well in the dark anyway? So to what benefit would the extra light serve??
I personally like hunting on full moons.......Much, MUCH better than new moons...I see far more deer.
But don't deer see well in the dark anyway? So to what benefit would the extra light serve??
I personally like hunting on full moons.......Much, MUCH better than new moons...I see far more deer.
10-26-2007, 10:46 AM
#8
Spike
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: IL
Posts: 43
RE: Interesting Observation - Full Moon
I saw several deer, however this was in between rain showers( 4pm-6pm )My deer took the opprtunity to feed right after it stopped raining.I believe the full moon with clear skys definitely has the deer coming out long after legal hunting time.It depends on the conditions as to whether the moon has it's full effect. Interesting though, out of the 12 deer that passed near me all were does and young fawns, no bucks.
