Deer hunting over the past century has gone through little few changes, with the exception of the last 30 years. Even though the number of hunters has remained relatively stable, the technology has improved deer hunters’ odds.
One big factor has been the drastic improvements to trail cameras. Today’s high-tech trail cameras give hunters a distinct advantage they’ve never before had.
Even though cameras have been around for well over a century, recent advancements in other sectors of the marketplace have allowed manufacturers to produce exceptional equipment at a reasonable price. Previous models were low quality, high cost and primitive with limited capabilities.
Nowadays, with trail cameras, hunters can now be in two, three or even 10 places at once. They give hunters the time, date, temperature, barometric pressure and moon phase.
Validating the effect of the moon on deer movements can be done using trail cameras. Use the time-stamp function on your camera, and match the frequency of photos with times that are projected for high activity. It shouldn’t take long to determine if the changing phases of the moon really ramp up a deer’s feeding activity at certain times.
Once you have an idea of how deer movements are patterned around moon phases, make sure to be on stand when they predict periods of heavy activity.
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