I pay attention to the moon,but I also hunt as much as I can. The moon just lets me know what kind of activity I will see. I don't know why everyone gets so gitty over the rut,its the pre rut when the big boys are roaming their home turf alot. once rut starts he could be 5 miles down the road hooking up whith any doe who will have him. Deer runing around like chickens with thier heads cut off.I like to get into a bucks core area set up wait untill,oh lets see right now get him on his own turf were he is comfertable. These bucks move alot more now then most people think. 90% of the bucks I killed were around the third week of october.I have been after a twelve pt for 5 years now and let me tell ya he is huge, upper 190's for sure atleast thats what his shedds scored last year. Any way I have seen him way more in october than an other month come rut I have only seen him a cuple of times.If you search past poasts in the shed hunting room I poasted a pic of one of his sheds from two years ago. Any way good luck to everyone and stay safe.