liquidorange

last years full moon in november i seen more deer in the morning hours than i had all season. i say go hunting anyway. cant get em on the couch

antlergetter

Here's the link to Alsheimer's study, I've been reviewing it and it looks very interesting. http://www.charliealsheimer.com/ca/moon.html

antlergetter

October 2004, Deer & Deer Hunting, page 91.

I hope thats right!! I saw an awesome rut during '96 and '99!!

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Deerslayer_37

IMO, the moon has a very slight influence on deer movement, but has absolutely nothing to do with the rut..i think the rut is photoperiod. Crops have nothing to do with the rut. the rut will go on if the corn is picked or not. food has absolutely no link to the triggering of the rut.thousands of acres of corn really have nohting to do with the rut. the pineal gland basically controls it, and it goes by photoperiod, the amount of light during the day. it gets shorter as we get farther into winter. I really dont pay much to the moon phase when hunting. I hunt when i can hunt. I dont plan on being in the woods during certain times. i get out every minute i can.

slayer

Woodline Bucks

I get out as much as I can all season. I must admit though, that the full moon tends to slow deer activity down. The last 5 years I have been watching this closely and found deer movement was noticeably different during a full moon. I agree that crops don't have a thing to do with the rut, but also believe that crops would give more cover for the deer to chase in. I also believe this year will be a great rut and that the first 2 weeks of November should be awesome. Good luck everyone.

silentassassin

Deerslayer,

The crops have everything in the world to do with hunting the rut which is what turkey hunter was talking about. The crops will dictate what the does are doing and the does will dictate what the bucks are doing and if what they are doing takes place in the corn then more than likely you won't ever know about. If that corn is still standing then more than likely you will see very little movement because that is where the deer will be. Also, the does may not be as scattered as they might be in a good mass year. They may be more concentrated on food sources, which would mean the bucks didn't have to travel very far or very much. I would say those things had everything in the world to do with the rut

akaSharkey

I have to totally disagree with you. The deer rut off the moons cycle it is the good Lords plan for survival. The gestation for a deer is 198 days average. Does breed so that their fawns will be born on the last quater of the moon going into no moon. The reason for this is survival. Preadators are less active during the dark of the moon, hence giving the fawns a better chance of survival. Ever wonder why a deer if not bread during the first rut comes into phase again 28 days later. The moons cycle is 29 days also. Even humans cycle is 28 days. God knew what he was doing. All that being said I predict the rut the first week of November also. Sharkey

drstalker

Good post ShakeyGod definately knows what he's doing and what you wrote makes a whole lot of sense to me.

Double Creek

I never consider the moon and have never really seen it's effect on the rut or deer movement. In my area weather is king, if the weather is cold, you will see deer.