2014 MOON DAYS

[dan]

2014 moon days
Back by popular request... 2014 moon days. I base my dates on moon o/h or u/f within the 1st couple hours of daylight, or the last couple hours of daylight. Leaning a little heavier before light in the morn, and before dark in the eve. I have seen enough evidence, both thru observation and trail cams to know this works... However, to believe you can simply hunt these days and have great action is another story... My observations tell me that mature bucks move earlier in the eve, and later in the morning on moon days. ( o/h - u/f ) however, the movements by pressured mature bucks is still a short window, you still need to be near bedding... I use the evening info for the beds I just can't quite get close enough to during daylight in the evening. By being patient and waiting for the right moon day, I believe I might get 10 or 15 minutes earlier movement... Might not sound like much, but 15 minutes could be an extra 50 or 100 yards of daylight movement...

In the AM moon days get the bucks returning to there beds a little later... Maybe still grey light, maybe around sunrise, but hopefully with enough light to shoot.


MORNINGS

Sept. 1-2-13-14-15-16-30
October 1-2-3-13-14-15-16-17-29-30-31
November 1-2-13-14-15-16-17-27-28-29-30
December 1-13-14-15-16-17-27-28-29-30-31
January 13-14-15-16-27-28-29-30


EVENINGS

Sept 1-2-3-13-14-15-16-29-30
Oct. 1-12-13-14-15-28-29-30
November 10-11-12-13-25-26-27-28
DEC 10-11-12-13-25-26-27
Jan 9-10-11-12-23-24-25

Rut peak cruising times:

Oct. 25th 2:26 PM
OCT. 26th 3:19 PM
oct. 27th 4:14 pm
oct. 28th 5:09 pm
oct 29th 6:05 pm
oct 30th 6:28 AM / 7:00 pm
oct 31st 7:27 am / 7:54 pm

Nov 1st -- 8:21 am / 8:48 pm
Nov 2nd -- 9:13 am / 8:40 pm
Nov 3rd -- 9:06 am / 9:33 pm
Nov. 4th -- 9:59am
Nov 5th -- 10:50 am
Nov. 6th -- 11:45 am
Nov. 7th -- 12:37 pm
Nov 8th -- 1:31 pm
Nov. 9th --2:26 pm
Nov. 10th -- 3:17 pm
11th -- 4:09 pm
12th -- 4:53 pm
13th -- 5:39
14th -- 6:01 am / 6:21 pm
15th -- 6:44 am

sunrise / sunset & moon O/H U/F Data... YOU MAY NEED TO ADJUST YOUR TIMES, BASED ON YOUR TIME ZONE ***

[backstraps]

Thanks Dan!

[headgear]

Nice work Dan

[62kodiak]

Thanks Dan. Looks like I did good scheduling my vacation this year. I have Oct. 27-Nov 5 off. Yay me.

[Muy Grande]

You the man, Dan! Thanks!

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[tmarbut]

Thanks Dan!

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[mheichelbech]

Oct 1st! Yea! Opening day! Thank!

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[Kraftd]

Thanks!

Holy cow things aren't far away now!

[BigHunt]

awesome likes like it will be prime on opening weekend

[Robert]

Thanks Dan!

[MN Legacy]

Looking like a good opener in Minnesota.

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[VT Outfitter]

Awesome info, Thanks Dan! Very strange, maybe it exhaustion from cutting shooting lanes and access trails, but instead of letters and numbers I see bucks walking around and me shooting one! It's like the Matrix of the deer woods....crazy!

[tcop7]

Thanks Dan!

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[bowhunter15]

Looking like a good opener in Minnesota.

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X2. Thanks Dan!

[Stanley]

Anyone have the moon chart? I glassed a good buck August 15th at 8:00 PM I also glassed a good buck on August 16th at 7:30 AM. Just wondering how these sitings bumped up against the moon chart?