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Full Moon Hunting
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10/09/17 03:07 AM
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Joined: Dec 2011
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Ramsey
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I do not hunt deer in Sept or Octobees full moon. I personally never had success and can hunt every weekend. What are your experiences in Sept Oct full moon.
Big Beckett!!
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Re: Full Moon Hunting
[Re: Ramsey]
#6913566
10/09/17 03:12 AM
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SapperTitan
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Depends on when the moon is overhead. If it's overhead late at night or early morning chances are there won't be a whole lot of early daylight movement. I hunt regardless though hell I hunt almost every chance I get
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Re: Full Moon Hunting
[Re: Ramsey]
#6913573
10/09/17 03:17 AM
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colt45-90
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full moon, I have always had good luck mid day, depends on where the moon is, if the moon is directly over head at midnight, I usually have good luck mid day, hunting & fishing
Last edited by colt45; 10/09/17 03:18 AM.
hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: Full Moon Hunting
[Re: Ramsey]
#6913586
10/09/17 03:31 AM
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rdmac
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I agree with SapperTitan. Never know unless you go.
GOD, FAMILY, HUNTING
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Re: Full Moon Hunting
[Re: Ramsey]
#6913590
10/09/17 03:39 AM
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TexasKC
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I've always had good luck mid morning to early afternoon when there's a full moon. Never had much luck hog hunting at night with a full moon for some reason.
In the end, it's not the years in your life that count, it's the life in your years.
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Re: Full Moon Hunting
[Re: Ramsey]
#6913629
10/09/17 04:52 AM
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Joined: Nov 2014
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DH3
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I have never had a problem hunting on the full moon. There was a technical article published last week. Per ONE study, deer movement changes very little during moon phases. This was in one state (Pennsylvania) and one study. Remember..deer have to eat, no matter what phase the moon is in.
Old age and treachery beats youth and stupid every time!
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Re: Full Moon Hunting
[Re: Ramsey]
#6913640
10/09/17 06:47 AM
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dogcatcher
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I slept in with a full moon and started the hunt around noon and would go until dark. Usually I went to the best water source on the place.
Combat Infantryman, the ultimate hunter where the prey shoots back. _____________"Illegitimus non carborundum est"_______________
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Re: Full Moon Hunting
[Re: Ramsey]
#6913668
10/09/17 10:25 AM
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fishbait
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Full moon hunting is easy....I hunt on moon up ...mid moon-straight up on full moon around 11:00 am... Morning hunting on full moon is very good..try it.
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Re: Full Moon Hunting
[Re: Ramsey]
#6913684
10/09/17 10:43 AM
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Western
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I have noticed the same as a lot of you guys, usually more activity late morning, early afternoon. I still go, because you never know when that buck will decide to grace your presence. If a fm falls during the rut, well, you know....
If at first you dont succeed, then skydiving is not for you..
"Don't trust everything you read on the Internet"- Abraham Lincoln Dennis
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Re: Full Moon Hunting
[Re: Ramsey]
#6913717
10/09/17 11:47 AM
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Stub
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Hunted Sunday am it was nice and cool, the only thing I saw rabbits and birds.
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Re: Full Moon Hunting
[Re: Stub]
#6913723
10/09/17 11:51 AM
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DQ Kid
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Hunted Sunday am it was nice and cool, the only thing I saw rabbits and birds. Stubbie, good looking broadhead, G5 Montec by chance?
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Re: Full Moon Hunting
[Re: Ramsey]
#6913781
10/09/17 12:57 PM
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Erathkid
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Full moons suck for hunting. Sleep in and hunt midday
Life is too short, as is. Don't chance it. Don't text and drive.
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Re: Full Moon Hunting
[Re: Erathkid]
#6913789
10/09/17 01:06 PM
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SapperTitan
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Full moons suck for hunting. Sleep in and hunt midday But I killed a giant boar the other night during full moon. Just depends on when the moon is overhead.
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Re: Full Moon Hunting
[Re: DQ Kid]
#6913798
10/09/17 01:13 PM
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Stub
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Hunted Sunday am it was nice and cool, the only thing I saw rabbits and birds. Stubbie, good looking broadhead, G5 Montec by chance? Stubbie You know DQ, I don't remember what brand it is? Had mechanical ones that I did not like so I went to the Outdoor Pro Archery shop in Garland a couple of years ago and asked for his recommendation on a fixed and that is it, whatever it is? On a side note, I was hunting out of a friends blind on another property in this picture. Later that day I checked my game cam by my feeder, I had a young fat spike show up at 10:15 am, going to try and stick him
Last edited by Stub; 10/09/17 06:44 PM.
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Re: Full Moon Hunting
[Re: Ramsey]
#6914038
10/09/17 03:49 PM
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Western
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Stub's, dont feel bad sir, I didn't see anything out of your other blind either
If at first you dont succeed, then skydiving is not for you..
"Don't trust everything you read on the Internet"- Abraham Lincoln Dennis
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Re: Full Moon Hunting
[Re: Ramsey]
#6914083
10/09/17 04:27 PM
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hook_n_line
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Sometimes it's hard being me! But somebody has to do it.
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Re: Full Moon Hunting
[Re: Western]
#6914090
10/09/17 04:34 PM
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Stub
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Stub's, dont feel bad sir, I didn't see anything out of your other blind either Good I feel better now
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Re: Full Moon Hunting
[Re: Ramsey]
#6914168
10/09/17 05:22 PM
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JH117
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I hunted this past full moon and saw deer on every sit. Granted none of them were mature bucks but still saw plenty of deer. Most of them showed up between 5:30 and 6:30 pm. Last year I chose not to hunt the full moon in Nov. and the buck I've been chasing for 3 years was at a feeder with a doe with 15 min. of legal shooting light left. Never know when they're gonna show up. Also the solunar tables show that the best times to hunt are during a full moon.
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Re: Full Moon Hunting
[Re: Ramsey]
#6914182
10/09/17 05:29 PM
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ChrisB
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We had good movement this weekend. Friday evening I had six does and a legal eight point. Saturday evening I had a mature 11 point that I just almost let an arrow go on. Mornings were slow though.
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Re: Full Moon Hunting
[Re: Ramsey]
#6914285
10/09/17 06:34 PM
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txshntr
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Movement this weekend was great. Between 2 of us, we had 11 mature deer come in across all hunts and were seeing good numbers at each stand. Saturday evening, the movement was late but it was also HOT... This time of year, I don't see much midday movement with the deer no matter what the moon is doing. Later in the season, the late morning movement can be productive. My deal...I get in woods whenever I can
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Re: Full Moon Hunting
[Re: Ramsey]
#6914308
10/09/17 06:47 PM
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Joined: May 2007
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westtexaswatkins
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I hunted this past weekend with the full moon. I didn't need a light to walk to the stand. I could see my feeders long before the sun thought about coming up. I saw quite a few deer in the mornings and the evenings. Like mentioned above, I hunt when I have the opportunity.
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