I haven't followed the moon positioning enough to say that has any influence but in your particular case this past weekend it obviously lines up.
I'd say for sure though that 10-15 degree drop in high temperatures over the course of the weekend in your area had something to do with what you seen. I was aware of the overhead moon times here this weekend too in Wisconsin but can't honestly say it I noticed any influence from the moon on Saturday or Sunday. On Friday afternoon and evening, however, I noticed major movement. Friday afternoon was the front end of a 20 degree drop in temperature here and I couldn't get to the woods fast enough. Just driving around after work I was seeing several deer in almost every field I drove by from 3:00 pm and onward. That night walking in I spooked deer that were already out feeding in beans and still managed to have a 1.5 year old get up from right in front of me before dark and shooter 10 sneak in behind me on the corner of the bean field as well as does and fawns.
Long story short... I witnessed great movement on the front end of the cold front and not much more after that including the moon times on the days that followed.
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Re: October 9, 2014 & October 8, 2016 - evening movement - w
WA Friday was probably the best moon for movement, about an hour before last light. Thrusday was also good but closer to two hours before last light. Cold fronts are always good, however combined with the moon I think you can have a perfect storm. The saturday moon was closer to last light, sometimes I still see good movement then but sometimes I see nothing at all. For the buck in this thread I am thinking cooler weather with the moon helping out a little.
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The moon phase was good. The barometric pressure was high & rising. And a cold front moved thru here in Wisconsin.
I had great deer movement on firday, and I knew it would be with all 3 of those conditions on the same night. Too bad no shooters showed!
I had great deer movement on firday, and I knew it would be with all 3 of those conditions on the same night. Too bad no shooters showed!
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Re: October 9, 2014 & October 8, 2016 - evening movement - w
headgear wrote:WA Friday was probably the best moon for movement, about an hour before last light. Thrusday was also good but closer to two hours before last light. Cold fronts are always good, however combined with the moon I think you can have a perfect storm. The saturday moon was closer to last light, sometimes I still see good movement then but sometimes I see nothing at all. For the buck in this thread I am thinking cooler weather with the moon helping out a little.
I can concur with this on Friday October 7th, the guy I was hunting with saw 16 deer, I saw 9 deer. All moving around 5:45-6 PM. I had 3 bucks walk in and one make a rub right under my stand. For a good 45 minutes the woods came alive with movement. We also bumped some deer walking in around 2:30 PM. Red squirrels were very active as well which for the spot we were in is actually rare from my experience.
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Re: October 9, 2014 & October 8, 2016 - evening movement - w
on Friday October 7th, the guy I was hunting with saw 16 deer, I saw 9 deer. All moving around 5:45-6 PM.
According to my chart moon phase o/h was at 5:52 pm.
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