I hunt by the moon chart and it works for me. Who else hunt using this method for success?

[ 12-29-2002, 16:33: Message edited by: TM ]

I try to hunt all day long if at all possible. Sometimes I get down and go to camp for lunch. Sometimes I take lunch with me. That usually takes care of all the moon phases and activity charts.

TM,
I havn't gone hunting with the moon phase/time table in mind, but have noticed several times when looking at the lunar time table after a hunt that I did see deer at the times on the chart. Coincidence?

I have over a number of years log the time, number of deer or animals I have seen during the moon cycle of the last 1/3th of the moon leading up to the the dark of the moon and the first 1/3th of the moon after the dark. I real starting doing this when I moved to South Carolina because of the type of hunting style that is done here. An old South Carolina hunter educate me on this. I see more deer and haverst more deer during that cycle. When I was out west hunting in New Mexico and Northern California I would hunt all day Like Walker stated in his reply. You have more area to roam, so your chances of see a muley or black tail would happen. In South Carolina your hunting area is confine to select area and tree stand or ground blind hunting is done. However,where every you hunt the moon clock will increase your success rate. Also, I have found that the whitetail is a much smarter deer that the mule and black tail. They use the brain with all there senses.

[ 11-04-2002, 19:34: Message edited by: TM ]

I"m in N.W. Montana, so hunting depends on moisture. If its' raining or snowing, it's good hunting. Moon phase is something most of us don't have the luxury in being concerned with here. Starving times means you hunt when you can.

I have found that during the rut, my best times for hunting is from 10:00A.m. to 2:00 P.M. The deer rut is just starting here, and today, I saw 18 deer, one REAL nice buck, four elk, half dozen turkey thereabouts, and a couple grouse. All in the same time period.

I think too many concentrate on early morning and evnng hunting too much. If you want a big buck, be where you are hunting when others are in camp for lunch.

Pretty much all the game on the page below have been taken in the mid day hours.

http://www.geocities.com/ric_carter59932/Rics_hunting_page.html?1008485459860

For those of you traditional bow hunters who know who he is, but don't know what he looks like, on the page above is a couple pics of Barry Wensel. He's the guy on the right in front of the wall tent with the game hanging, and also in the one holding the the long bow in front of the nice buck. He's a hoot!

If you don't know who he is, check your local video store, or bow magazine for his tapes from here and in Africa.