Which lunar phase produces the best opportunity for hunting deer?
Thanks, Bo A: #1 Bo: It has been widely discussed and agreed that animals move and feed best at dusk and dawn. The theory is that animals will be most influenced by the moon and the sun when each is closest to the earth. When all three are in closest proximity usually occurs during the peak moon phases of new moon (no moon) and full moon. The trick is to calculate when all three will be in closest proximity to each other at the peak movement and feeding times (dusk and dawn) and concentrate your hunting on those days. John Alden Knight took what he knew from the almanac, lunar and solar rise and set times, and some folk lore and developed the solunar tables back in 1936. They are the same tables published in our very own Woods N Water mothly. Essentially, the theory boils down to the fact that most animals are primarily composed of water bone and tissue; water being the key ingredient. Since water is susceptible to gravitational pull, the body is influenced by those solar and lunar for
