Night movement

[Short Track]

I'm seeing very little movement during day light. Maybe a few doe's here and there. No bucks.
Night time, my camera's are going crazy. Bucks chasing everywhere. Doe's running, and a lot !!

Can't wait until the phase of the moon changes.

 

[dr.mooseknuckles]

Check moon position. I've had a lot of success hunting when the moon is overhead or under foot, regardless of the actual moon phase.

I've been using Adam Hays Red Moon Guide for a couple of years and it seems to be fairly accurate. I've definitely noticed better daylight movement on those days since using the app and scheduling hunting around it.

 

[bigbassin]

I'm seeing very little movement during day light. Maybe a few doe's here and there. No bucks.
Night time, my camera's are going crazy. Bucks chasing everywhere. Doe's running, and a lot !!

Can't wait until the phase of the moon changes.

Check moon position. I've had a lot of success hunting when the moon is overhead or under foot, regardless of the actual moon phase.

I've been using Adam Hays Red Moon Guide for a couple of years and it seems to be fairly accurate. I've definitely noticed better daylight movement on those days since using the app and scheduling hunting around it.

I had considered journaling moon phase, moon positioning, and illumination this season to see if there was an actual impact. I decided having limited days to go hunt there is no reason to hurt my confidence if there is in fact a correlation, and some days are worse than others.

Anecdotally, when I’ve checked moon position/phase after an abnormally active hunt or even seeing multiple feeding deer during daylight outside of season, there seems to be no obvious pattern. Albeit this is not meticulous record keeping, just me googling phase and positioning after seeing a bunch of deer.

What I do feel impacts the deer is illumination. On mornings where the moon seems ridiculously bright walking in, I never see deer. If I hunt those afternoons however they tend to be pretty active. Again, I’m not journaling this, just what’s in my head. And I must not be fully convinced because I’ve never turned and went back to bed just because the moon was bright.

 

[*zap*]

Been warm during daytime?

 

[Short Track]

Last night was crazy windy. gusting up to 40-50 MPH. Obviously no deer. This morning, 3 doe's were running around. But also a big temperature drop. Like 20 degrees + +

 

[Honyock]

Not for sure what the weather is like where you're at, but heat has a lot to do with it. It's been hot in Oklahoma (90's) and movement starts about 15 minutes after the sun goes down.

 

[Rich M]

Seems that deer don't move much on warm days but run all night - best to hunt AM, before it warms up.

 

[Glendon Mullins]

where do you live that deer are chasing right now?

 

[JBrew]

where do you live that deer are chasing right now?

I'd imagine he was seeing a false rut. It's a fun couple of days in October every year if you can catch it in the daylight. Usually right at a month before actual rut for that area.

 

[Halligan]

I think each of the mentioned factors have merit, but curious: how far are you from their bedding area?

 

[TreyPwestOk]

I would concentrate on finding their bedding area. If you’re just seeing nighttime activity then I would assume that the area you’re monitoring is the main feeding area that is being utilized at night.

 

[sage1]

Seeing lots of scrapes now, in lower MI

 

[Noish]

All morning movement at my place in south OK has stopped and getting evening and overnight movement only. Big bucks starting to get a little testy and swollen necks