full moon?

[johndeeretimex]

Hey I was just wondering if a full moon would make your hunt better or worse. Also would it make a difference if you hunted a day before or after the full moon?

thanks

 

[ben hunchak]

Legend has it that hunting or fishing within 3 days of full moon increases your chances for success.

 

[ronecol]

Legend has it that hunting or fishing within 3 days of full moon increases your chances for success.

That's because it's easier to see to get to your watch and get set up before 1/2 hour before sunrise and / or being able to see better for 1/2 hour after sunset and still being able to see OK and find your way back to camp afterwards.... Just saying

Ron

 

[ronecol]

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[Applefarmer]

Not that I've heard over the years many a shot BEFORE sunrise. hint hint

 

[archie126]

I heard animals would be more active all night and therefore not active during daylight hunting hours?

 

[johndeeretimex]

so than the full moon would be a bad thing?

 

[Kenjames]

My expierence with the full moon is the deer go nocturnal.

 

[rlg]

I have noticed that as well.

My expierence with the full moon is the deer go nocturnal.

My observation over the many years of deer hunting has been that when there is a full moon, the deer tend to bed-down more during the day rather than move around.

Regards
Robert

 

[goose23]

full moon and a north wind = lots of birds

 

[grijim]

In the Fall in Northern B.C. my old hunting partner and I always had our best luck on the full moon because it seems to bring on the first frosts and that seems to trigger the rut.
No expert but it works for us.

Grijim

 

[H4831]

In the Fall in Northern B.C. my old hunting partner and I always had our best luck on the full moon because it seems to bring on the first frosts and that seems to trigger the rut.
No expert but it works for us.

Grijim

I agree with that, full moon brings on the rut. Somehow that has a familiar ring to it!

 

[H4831]

That's because it's easier to see to get to your watch and get set up before 1/2 hour before sunrise and / or being able to see better for 1/2 hour after sunset and still being able to see OK and find your way back to camp afterwards.... Just saying

Ron

Ron, in BC we are one up on that! With all game except migratory birds and maybe pheasants, the daily shooting hours are from one hour before sunrise until one hour after sunset.
Bruce

 

[eiderduckhunter]

Around here, for duck hunting anyways its alot worse ... ducks fly all night and rarely see them flying in in the mornings

 

[KDX]

In the Fall in Northern B.C. my old hunting partner and I always had our best luck on the full moon because it seems to bring on the first frosts and that seems to trigger the rut.
No expert but it works for us.

Grijim

I read a few articles years ago that discussed phototropism (IIRC) and how sunlight/length of day is what caused the rut to occur. In one article they said that it was possible to put penned deer into the rut by keeping them indoors and altering the amount of light they had each day and the timing of the light. IE you could have the rut take place in the spring or summer. If I also remember correctly this is how they go about collecting the doe pee before hunting season starts.