Hunting around a full moon a waste of time?
 

The last few days I haven' t been seeing any deer during legal hunting time but lots of new scrapes and rubs made at night. We have alot of snow and a full moon so you can actually see your shadow at midnight!
Because it is so bright at night I think the deer have no reason to travel during the day. Should I just wait till the nights get darker? Anyone have this experience?

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Saw more deer the past two days than at any other time of the season. The rut is on here in PA so I really don' t think the deer care about the moon right now. The lure of procreation is keeping the bucks up on their feet...

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In ky, this saturday and sun. I hunted a full moon and saw one deer. I think they are moving at night here. I will give it another try tuesday.
good luck

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Hunt 9am to 3 pm

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I hunted here in Alabama on Saturday from daylight ' til noon... didn' t see a deer. I wasn' t hunting in a thick enough place. Whether it rains, snows, or a full moon, deer will eat. I just need to hunt the nearest food sources to the bedding areas... no matter how insignificant the food source seems.

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Yeah...most of the time(full moon = no deer)

you never know.....the monster buck of a lifetime may come by!...

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I saw three different buck and 10 does today.

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I dont know, last season, I seen 14 bucks in one day during the full moon and rut. It seems mid-day is a good time during a full moon. Yesterday, I seen quite a few deer also.

To me, its nice sneeking in in the dark under a full moon. Dont have to use a light. Going hunting is never a waste of time, you can' t shoot em at home. A lot of deer are killed each year at the strangest times and places.

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The 2 biggest bucks that I have ever saw were during a full moon. So you can bet I am on stand during a full moon!

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It seem to me wheh its a bright night there are no deer to be found. Glad its not only me who noticed this.

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I was out pheasant huntin this mornin and seen plenty of deer. Darn near stepped on one doe. She was bedded down in some CRP and didn' t move till I got past her. She was only 20 feet away. Really confused the dogs though. They didn' t wether to chase birds or chase deer. One of those moments where I wish I could afford a shock collar. Need to go back next year and get permission to bow hunt this property, seen a couple of pretty respectable bucks.

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I saw 4 different bucks from my stand the last two mornings and the biggest walked by at two yds but my buck tag is already filled. I was working in the yard this afternoon when a relly nice 10 pt went running throught the backyard. I have heard that morning and mid-day are better during a full moon. My local connections are seeing a lot of bucks during the last week.

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3 bucks and 4 doe tonight shot at 2 of the bucks (stories in anothe post) most deer i' ve seen since season opended so i don;t know if moon= no deer for this place

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Full moon usually means no deer sightings during legal shooting hours. Well, as we all know, deer are great at pissing you off and doing the unexpected. We were at the property all weekend with a full moon and zero clouds. Past two evenings going to the property for the night hunt, we saw deer out in almost every field we passed around 3p. While on stand Sat & Sun, I saw 15 deer, most of which were out well before sunset. (Of course, since I had the bow, they were all within gun range!!!!) Note: this usually doesn' t happen during a full moon from my experience at our property. Sometimes, I hate deer.

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:(I hunted all weekend and saw ONE deer, which was a small doe!!! I think the rut is SLOWLY coming into play here in SW Ohio. There are rubs/scrapes all over the woods, so I think it is a matter of time before it kicks in. I hope so, my nerves can' t take much more of this!!!!

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If you don' t go you won' t see ' em.[:-] Saw a few this AM. Saturday we saw a bunch and one guy hunting with us shot a big 10 point. The rut is just fixing to get going in earnest here.

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you can' t shoot a deer shile sitting at home!!!!!

Get out there

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I saw a lot of young deer this weekend and I hunted hard. It seems the mature deer were moving at night or were just better than me. I don' t like the full moon but I hunt when I can.

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I saw over 10 deer on Sat. in a place so thick you are lucky if you just see 1... I had deer all around me all day long... It was one of the best times in the woods I can remember...

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Last evening saw one doe being chased by 5 bucks, around 4pm. Then two more bucks appeared after 4:30pm. Have been seing more in the morning till around 11am. They are in the first part of the RUT here and are moving regardless what is going on.