Astrological Hunting Fishing Calender

[dagr8bilster]

I tried to use the astrological hunting fishing calender to coordinate my hunts so far this year...and so far it has had NO bearing on success rate what so ever. As far as I'm concerned its a total bunch of crap.

[passinthru]

Ive never took much stock in those anyways.

[Predator]

All I know is I hunted both early and late Friday, at two good spots, and saw zilch. I couldn't hunt yesterday because Ryan was in a baseball tournament, but I saw lots of deer within an hour after dark on the way home. This full moon makes it tough. Hopefully by the end of next week thing will settle down a little.

[Predator]

I do think the moon phase affects deer movement, but daily weather affects it more.

[terminator]

Oct 24, 2010 9:07:49 GMT -5 Predator said:

I do think the moon phase affects deer movement, but daily weather affects it more.

I agree 101%! I kept a journal a few years back to the times and dates of every deer sighting and then compared them to a moon phase chart. It was very accurate.

[allhunter]

Oct 24, 2010 9:07:49 GMT -5 Predator said:

I do think the moon phase affects deer movement, but daily weather affects it more.

agree so much

[Predator]

Oct 24, 2010 9:24:18 GMT -5 terminator said:

Oct 24, 2010 9:07:49 GMT -5 Predator said:

I do think the moon phase affects deer movement, but daily weather affects it more.

I agree 101%! I kept a journal a few years back to the times and dates of every deer sighting and then compared them to a moon phase chart. It was very accurate.

Well share the wealth, teammate.

[dagr8bilster]

I also agree with the local weather pattern thing moreso then the astrological hunting calender. For fishing it seems to work a little better but hunting for me its a total bust.

I've found low pressure systems and threatening storms have great effeects on deer movements. Time of season is another HUGE factor...as we all know the chemical balances that change as the season progresses drive the deer as well as the hunter crazy. I'm getting kinda crazy at THIS point...I know that the deer should be moving more and more looking for mates...I've seem the scrapes multiply and the trail cam also is starting to show some movement patterns. I'm still hopefull...just gotta blast some dogs and then I'm sure I'll get some deer.

[Predator]

Well I just spent half an hour correlating all my Virginia kills and my 2 unrecovered hits with a perpetual lunar calendar. I am trying to correlate time of sighting (morning, midday, evening) with moon phase. I excluded the deer I killed that was jumped up by a dog, because this deer was obviously bedded, and I'm looking for deer movement. I also excluded West Virginia kills because I have found deer movement to be totally different there. I also only hunt there 1 week a year so I don't think it's a big enough sample to be valid.
I am sad to report that this was a half hour I'll never get back, because there seems to be no correlation.
Here are the results, for those interested:

11-4-06 8:30 am 6 point 1 day before full
11-6-07 7:30 am 8 point 4 days before new
11-9-07 4:00 pm doe 1 day before new
1-4-08 4:45 pm 8 point 4 days before new
10-18-08 6:10 pm button 2 days after full
10-5-09 6:10 pm doe full
11-13-09 6:15 pm doe (lost) 3 days before new
10-9-10 6:10 pm doe (lost) 1 day after new
10-11-10 6:10 pm 3 point 3 days after new

The only thing obvious from this list is that I need to get in the woods at 6 pm if I want to see deer.

[bertman]

Throw a lot of luck in with it .

[passinthru]

I do believe the full moon makes them move more at night and i also see more movement around noon than normal. It does have an effect but i think you can still kill a deer.

[swampbuck]

Drastic weather changes will no doubt affect deer movement.. But moon is king..

According to Charles Alsheimers book Hunting whitetails by the moon..

And I don't care what anyone says Charles is the man when it comes to whitetails. His info comes from years and years of observation and data collection... One of my favorite shows is "Deer and deer hunting" where Charles lays it all out every weekend..

in fact if you are serious about your deer hunting this book is required reading.

www.amazon.com/Hunting-Whitetails-Moon-Charles-Alsheimer/dp/0873418131

[passinthru]

Good read there. Ive read it before.

[scbuckhunter34]

at times i think is a bunch of bull as well. i go by previous experience, when i shot my first 8pt which is the one of me with blood on my face and the best necklace, the next year i went the same week and shot me another 8pt, so i don' t believe all that junk

[dagr8bilster]

I think the bottom line is that you've simply got to hunt the deer in the area where the deer live and move. If you're not out there then you'll never succeed at seeing them pushing them or taking them down.

There are too many vaiables that change and range fomr area to area, state to state, and day to day. My suggestion is to just get out and hunt them down.

[grassi25]

You pretty much got it Dag. there are alot of variables that effect the feeding times. I believe the moon dictates it, but then there are alot of things that can change that. Weather, pressure, Rut, and abundance of food.

I think that deer feed 4 times a day, somehow coinciding with tides. About every 6 hours or so. Two of the feeding times a day will me major feeding periods and the other two minor.

If you have pretty constant weather these feeding times will go like clock work.

Keep in mind not all full moons and new moons are equal.

This last full moon rose as soon as it got dark , and was going down when it started getting light. Sometimes the rotation doesnt have the moon out all night like that.