Lunar Influence – Hunting and Fishing (14)

Introduction

There is such a thing as the hunter’s moon and the fisherman’s moon, meaning that a particular phase of the moon is better for hunting and fishing than other phases.

Hunter’s Moon

The hunter’s moon is a full moon that is commonly known in the northern hemisphere to occur in October. It is the month where the deer are fattened after summer grazing and because winter time is coming it is the opportune time to store up as much meat as possible. That is why the full moon in October is traditionally known as the hunter’s moon.

Full Moon Hunting

Also though, the hunting on any full moon is said to be better because of the simple fact that of course there is more light to spot animals but more because animals tend to be more active on a full moon’s night.

Deer Hunting

Deer hunting is an excellent example, where hunters are now using the phase of the moon to predict deer activity. It is well known to science that the deer mating time is heavily influenced by the moon. It is said that a few days before and after the second full moon after the autumnal equinox deer mating activity is at a maximum because the female deer enters into heat at a peak level for the year.

So then the deer are more active some nights before and after such a full moon, and more importantly they tend to congregate in one area rather than roaming over large areas.

Fisherman’s Moon

Unfortunately there isn’t a full moon on a particular month that has been named the Fisherman’s moon. However, it seems by observation that every full moon is a fisherman’s moon as every full moon seems to be good for fishing.

Moonset and Moonrise

Fish are more active when they are feeding and it has been observed that fish usually fed at dawn and at dusk, so naturally they are best times to fish, however it has also been observed that fish tend to fed at moonset and moonrise as well. So there are four times when they fed during the day.

If a fisherman combines the full moon and with the knowledge of these four times during the day he or she will find the fish most active at these times. They say that fish are most active 45 minutes before and 45 minutes after a moonset or sunset or sunrise and a moonrise.

It happens that the moonset influences the food that the fish feed on and because moonset and moonrise happen during the day under daylight the increase in fish activity can not easily be observed.

Conclusion

So it seems that whenever the Moon is reflecting light to the Earth’s surface the Moon can not contribute a cooling down effect on the Earth. However during the times of a new Moon or no Moon it may be possible that the Moon could exert a very slight cooling effect.

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