LebeauHunter

jbeste and bowhuntert,

my experience has been similar on moons. I'm probably not going to hunt the moon, but I will pay attention to it, and it may help in a coin toss.

whitetaildreamer, appreciate that about barometer. I know a lot of fishermen like to fish the barometer. I personally have seen a lot of deer right before rain or during a slack in the rain. If I know it has been raining a while (especially all night), I want to be on the stand when the rain stops. One, you are in there undetected, and two, if they have been hunkered down during rain, there is more chance of movement. That's me trying to think like a deer

I do have 2 places to hunt, but the better place is the weekend/long distance place, so I want to reserve those points with the wife for my best opportunities. I'm about to have to give up watching football just to be able to seriously chase the deer. [:@]

whitetaildreamer

Just happenned to see the program, "Deer and Deer Hunter", last night and they were talking about how the atmospheric pressure plays a key role in deer movement. It stated that when the barometer is between 29.4 and 32.6 the deer are most active. The program also stated that when the pressure is going up or down in this range the deer will most likely be moving. Just dumb luck to see a program on what I learned from my grandfather decades ago.

DoctorDeath

I took the biggest deer of my life during the week of the full moon ...however it was in the 4th week of the rut .... I think he had poon-tang on his mind more then the moon phase ....


dd