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Moon Phases and Blactail/Muley Activity
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<blockquote data-quote="kcebcj" data-source="post: 214706" data-attributes="member: 10391"><p>I have never done any actual research on the movements of mule and black tail deer during the moon phases but have been hunting both for 45+ years and live on a very remote ranch with mule deer and elk all around and can tell you that it's much better to hunt each in the black of the moon than any other time. If you draw a late tag (mule deer) and the weather is crappy it does not seem to matter and also when the rut is on it doesn't seem to come into play as much but does somewhat. If I'm going to travel anywhere in the west to hunt the first thing I check is the moon and plan the trip accordingly.</p><p></p><p> If you like to jump shoot deer than the moon does not matter as your jumping them in their beds any way. If you are hunting long range and want a few more minutes at daylight and at dusk when animals are moving the moon plays an important role. At least in my world it does.</p><p></p><p> One other thing. Deer and elk are very active the 24 hours before a major storm moves in to an area. You will find them feeding all through the day and night regardless of the moon phase.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="kcebcj, post: 214706, member: 10391"] I have never done any actual research on the movements of mule and black tail deer during the moon phases but have been hunting both for 45+ years and live on a very remote ranch with mule deer and elk all around and can tell you that it’s much better to hunt each in the black of the moon than any other time. If you draw a late tag (mule deer) and the weather is crappy it does not seem to matter and also when the rut is on it doesn’t seem to come into play as much but does somewhat. If I’m going to travel anywhere in the west to hunt the first thing I check is the moon and plan the trip accordingly. If you like to jump shoot deer than the moon does not matter as your jumping them in their beds any way. If you are hunting long range and want a few more minutes at daylight and at dusk when animals are moving the moon plays an important role. At least in my world it does. One other thing. Deer and elk are very active the 24 hours before a major storm moves in to an area. You will find them feeding all through the day and night regardless of the moon phase. [/QUOTE]
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