moon has been super bright, so not sure I'll go this weekend. Anyone seeing deer moving?

The moon was a spotlight this morning! It was really incredible.

I had one 6 point and three does at first light, and nothing sense..

Didn't see much this morning... although i really didn't have to play hooky cuz i was hunting on our homestead. Will be back in blind tomorrow and hopefully something nice visits.

barnag said:

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moon has been super bright, so not sure I'll go this weekend. Anyone seeing deer moving?

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Moon has no effect on deer movement. Get out and hunt.

Nice! I love some early Friday action.

Been sitting most of the day. Having to hunt without bait is definitely a change this year. It's about 40 degrees and overcast in northern Wisconsin

Picked my son up from school early, just got to camp, about to head to the blind.

Sat yesterday morning and saw a few deer before the fog rolled in so thick couldn't see feeder till after 9. Didn't sit this am because it was exactly the same this morning. Gonna sit Tuesday morning, hopefully this cold will get them really moving. They're already pushing does in Bandera.

Too much moon and too hot right now.

Agree this is proven by data, but the old timers who hold to this are sort of right too, just for the wrong reason imo.

Deer movement in aggregate doesn't change, but where they move does change if they are feeding later into the evening / overnight. They aren't going to be hitting food sources as early in the day or as hard if they fed hard overnight.

Also, I think stand access plays a big part. If you're in the open walking through an open pasture lit up by a spotlight moon. The animals bedded in the area see your approach and steer clear. So overall movement is the same, but movement in the spot where you happen to be hunting can be worse.

tamc93 said:

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Sweating my ass off, but glad to be out

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Watching young doe and her yearling. Too early and hot

When we would do deer spotlight counts all the biologist would not do counts during full moon or thereabouts. The thought was it would skew the results.

It always amazes me how stupid the deer are… I can rope a doe in front me right now

Animals are like people. There are some not as smart as others. Dumb ones usually die first. Process of natural selection.

Tx95Ag said:

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I'm on my third sit here in Val Verde county. I've seen six does total and no pigs. Between 10 guys we've shot an 8 point and one pig.

We found two feeders knocked over and destroyed so thinking there's a bear roaming around.

Normally the place is covered in doves but I've seen very few. I have seen a ton of quail but I didn't bring a scatter gun.

Last surprise was finding remains of four pigs that look like a big cat had been munching on in a shed that was open near the house.

Never know what you'll see out here. Lots of pucker walking around in the dark this year.

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You have a pig eating mountain lion on your place!?!? You gotta put a game cam on that shed and see what's happening there. Sounds like whatever is doing it, its repeatedly bringing its kills to the shed.

Yeah that's the best guess we got. Don't know what else would be doing that. Definitely not a fox. Stupid pigs have been rooting hard around the house. They even came up behind the cattle pens while we were around the fire with the guitar but we were all drinking so guns were stowed.

I'm sure there are cats around in this country. I'd like to see the bear myself. Knocked over two full feeders with several hundred pounds of corn.

Anybody seeing things this morning? A very pleasant morning sitting in the blind today. One of my favorite things in the world though is getting out and heading towards camp to cook tacos and watch college football

Had a young 8, probably 2.5. Two does with a fawn. Fawn was still getting milk from mom. When she nursed she wagged her tail like crazy. It was super cute.

Jumped three more driving back to camp. One buck, but I didn't get a good look at him.

Beautiful morning.

ETA
God is good.

Back in the blind. Jumped 2 coveys driving in and another under the feeder when it went off. Should've been quail hunting all weekend.

Game warden came by. We had a nice 8 on the rack. He was nice and very professional.

Confirmed that there is a pretty big bear in the area that has been on some game cameras. Also looked at the shed and said it sounds like a cat to him. Says sightings have been up the last several years so they think the population is growing.

It's crazy hot. Wishing I had worn shorts. Good luck out there.

DargelSkout said:

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Currently sweating my balls off in the blind in Laredo and watching the Ags BTHO Mizzou on my phone. Shot an 11 point this morning, so I'm not that mad at em anymore.

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Well, let's see him. Congrats, by the way!

I can't get the pic to load down here. Reception sucks. I'll try tomorrow when I get back home. You can see him on the 2025 game cam thread I started. Not the freak buck, but further down the page I posted another buck.