Moon Phase and Deer Movement - Solunar Tables
Whitetail Deer • Mossy Oak University
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1m 50s
Dr. Bronson Strickland, co-director of the Mississippi State University Deer Lab, discusses moon phases as they relate to deer movement. With the Solunar tables, it is about the gravitational pull impact on deer movement. While there have been findings of very subtle changes in deer movement due to the moon position and gravitational pull, those very researchers who study this say not base your decision on the moon.
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