Full moon....dang it
- firefighterbraun
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Full moon....dang it
So I have been looking at the calender and looked up the moon cycle. Its going to be a 99.8% full moon on opening day with the moon coming up at like 9:00pm and not setting till like 4:30am. And then the weather forecast is calling for clear weather. Anyone else bummed out about this? Seems the deer in my area are always out all night feeding and are rarely out and about in the mornings. ![thumb down :>/](./images/smilies/thumbdown.gif)
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Re: Full moon....dang it
Firefighter
Is that info for the rifle hunt? please tell me ni
Is that info for the rifle hunt? please tell me ni
- firefighterbraun
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Re: Full moon....dang it
Sadly yes it is for the Utah rifle hunt.....Here is the website with the detailed info. And the moon times were off a little sorry. Real time is moonrise at 6:40 pm and not setting till 8:33 am.Nvbuck wrote:Firefighter
Is that info for the rifle hunt? please tell me ni
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/a ... =-11&day=1
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They more likely than not will be laid up before daybreak, but as the sun gets higher they will get up and move to shade so they are not highlighted and exposed. They also will seek a cooler spot too. Don't be discouraged just hunt a little differently.
Good luck.
Mark
Good luck.
Mark
- stillhunterman
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+1m gardner wrote:They more likely than not will be laid up before daybreak, but as the sun gets higher they will get up and move to shade so they are not highlighted and exposed. They also will seek a cooler spot too. Don't be discouraged just hunt a little differently.
Good luck.
Mark
I have even seen them so secure with the night moon, that they feed just a bit later not realizing dawn is coming. Like the man said, just hunt a bit differently and add some more patience to the pot.
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- firefighterbraun
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Re: Full moon....dang it
I'm not too worried but just kinda bent.....this year's archery hunt was the same way. I just hate the fact that it screws up their schedule. Cause you sit and watch them for weeks and then opening day comes and they go against everything that you have been watching them do before the moon came out. But that's why I have 5 days off of work and going to be on the mountain all day! ![thumbs up :thumb](./images/smilies/023.gif)
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How did you get a rifle deer tag and an archery tag?
I remembered you got yourself a nice buck during archery season and now you got a shot at the rifle season?
I am not calling you out, I just want to make sure I am not missing something, like another opportunity to hunt.
I remembered you got yourself a nice buck during archery season and now you got a shot at the rifle season?
I am not calling you out, I just want to make sure I am not missing something, like another opportunity to hunt.
The right thing to do and the hard thing to do are usually the same thing
- firefighterbraun
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PhillyB wrote:How did you get a rifle deer tag and an archery tag?
I remembered you got yourself a nice buck during archery season and now you got a shot at the rifle season?
I am not calling you out, I just want to make sure I am not missing something, like another opportunity to hunt.
I thought that if you were successful on the bow hunt you can go out for the rifle too.....Just messing! My wife has a rifle tag......so she's the one hunting.....I'm just doing the scouting and hopefully the gutting (since she's not too fond of that part!)
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OK I Gotcha... I thought maybe you had a earth shattering secret to share.firefighterbraun wrote:PhillyB wrote:How did you get a rifle deer tag and an archery tag?
I remembered you got yourself a nice buck during archery season and now you got a shot at the rifle season?
I am not calling you out, I just want to make sure I am not missing something, like another opportunity to hunt.
I thought that if you were successful on the bow hunt you can go out for the rifle too.....Just messing! My wife has a rifle tag......so she's the one hunting.....I'm just doing the scouting and hopefully the gutting (since she's not too fond of that part!)She shot a 17" 2x3 last year and is wanting to shoot one bigger than that. So hoping to find one like I got this year!
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Anyways, good luck to you and the lady.
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The opener of the archery was a full moon too and I actually found a nice 4x4 feeding around 9:30 a.m. You never know what you'll find. The more I know, the more I realize I don't know much.
Brandon
Brandon
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