Trying to prove a theory


hoytman26

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Please tell me the date of some of your guys' best deer. Please put the date and the year you killed him. I read the book by Charles Alsheimer and his theory is dead on with all of my and my friends best kills. Also include what state. The theory is also what the drury brothers believe. It is what they call the rutting moon and its the 2nd full moon after the first day of fall. This is the full moon when bucks get on their feet and start to make scrape lines. Their semen levels are through the roof at this time also. All I know is I shot my buck on Oct 29 this year after he made 3 scrapes and the rutting moon was on the 26th. Thanks guys!!!! 3 days before and 8 days after this moon is the best.

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I read where somebody did some research on this subject and came up with nov.6 as the very best day to hunt in the midwest .they crunched all the data on big kills and this was the date they came up with.

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My best antlered deer ever was taken November 26th 1994. Most of the biggest deer I have seen or killed have been that 3rd to 4th week of November, but I have seen several and killed a couple good deer in early November too.

Have never killed a deer in October here yet, but always see some. December always seems slow here too, have killed just a few in December, and only killed one in January.

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1994 Phases of the Moon

Universal Time

New Moon First Quarter Full Moon Last Quarter

d h m d h m d h m d h m

Jan 5 0 01

Jan 11 23 10 Jan 19 20 27 Jan 27 13 23 Feb 3 8 06

Feb 10 14 30 Feb 18 17 47 Feb 26 1 15 Mar 4 16 53

Mar 12 7 05 Mar 20 12 14 Mar 27 11 10 Apr 3 2 55

Apr 11 0 17 Apr 19 2 34 Apr 25 19 45 May 2 14 32

May 10 17 07 May 18 12 50 May 25 3 39 Jun 1 4 02

Jun 9 8 26 Jun 16 19 57 Jun 23 11 33 Jun 30 19 31

Jul 8 21 37 Jul 16 1 12 Jul 22 20 16 Jul 30 12 40

Aug 7 8 45 Aug 14 5 57 Aug 21 6 47 Aug 29 6 41

Sep 5 18 33 Sep 12 11 34 Sep 19 20 01 Sep 28 0 23

Oct 5 3 55 Oct 11 19 17 Oct 19 12 18 Oct 27 16 44

Nov 3 13 35 Nov 10 6 14 Nov 18 6 57 Nov 26 7 04

Dec 2 23 54 Dec 9 21 06 Dec 18 2 17 Dec 25 19 06

Second full moon this year was Nov18th Best days this year were Nov15 to Nov26. He says 3 days before and 8 after.

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I didn't get one this year but my last 4 mature buck kills look like this....

Nov. 4th 2006

Nov. 11th 2005

October 15th 2004

October 17th 2003

For what it's worth, the first mature buck that I saw this year was on October 20th and due to a tremendous amount of good luck on his part he got to live another day. The most buck activity I saw this year was from October 29th or so through about November 4th or 5th.

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