Registered: Jul 2012
Location: western PA
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just wanted to get some thoughts about guys running there hounds on a full moon. cuz every time i run on a full moon my hound seems to go a lil nutz. i was out 9-16-13 an my hound treed 800 yards from the truck but tapped three diff trees before he got the meat in the tree. so was wondering y the full moon makes hounds run like that. i no i cant be the only coonhunter that has a hound that runs like that. like i said its just on the full moon nights

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I hunted last night. Made 3 trees , had 2 singles and 1 hedge mess tree with the moon up. The longest it took to get treed was 3 minutes. That was with female that just came out of heat.

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Registered: Jan 2012
Location: Goshen,Ohio
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I've seen some dogs act really weird on full moon nights and some dogs that don't care.I think it slows the coon activity down alot.Ive seen nights I couldn't buy a coon on a bright night an one night I treed 14 coons.Depends on the time of year and differant dogs I think.

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I went last night to a corn field edge where coon are always out.Turned my Ike dog and we went 2 miles before getting treed and having a coon, even that was a rough track. The moon has definatley affected coon movement right at dark around my place.

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Do a forum search, you'll find some interesting discussions on the topic.

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Registered: Aug 2008
Location: SE Ohio, Glouster
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Josh I would tend to believe it was the coon that was acting differently, and not the dog. In my opinion, the coons are a little .more particular as to what tree they climb on a moon lit night as they are aware that it may be harder to hide on that tree when the moon is shining full.

Now if the track is hot enough, and the hound is putting pressure on that rascal to climb, then the coon may not have the option to change its mind on which tree it wants to climb.

This is not absolute by any means, but it is how I interpret some moon light tracks while coonhunting

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i thank coons definantly move diffrent on full moons. i hunted monday night an again last night an have not saw a coon saw a good den monday an a slick last night. cant seem to get on a track. an i know the coons are their treed the heck outta them last week. maid several trees with multiple coons in them an now cant even get a track goin an hunting perty decent dogs. gonna try again tonight

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I havent hunted for 30 years but I have an opinion...

One of the reasons coon move at night, is because of the night cover, a full moon doesn't give them the cover they like. Therefore, they don't move as much and move differently than normal. Just like deer, they know when deer season is, due to smell I think, and their travel patterns change.

Also, I had one female that was a nice little coon dog (a hair trashy though) but she looked GREAT on full moon nights, specially if there were no leaves. I think that's because she could see them in the trees, she tree'd harder and was deadly accurate.


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Registered: Jul 2012
Location: western PA
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Thanks for the all the input. I am still green at the sport with only 4 years in.I still got a lot to learn an the hole full moon thing had me stumped cuz could not find a good answer as if it was the dog or coon running goofy On the full moon week

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The moon controls the tides of the ocean...more crimes are commited on full moon nights, more babies born , more crazy accidents and all sorts of other things. My grandpa said fish bit better ...who knows but if all these things happen who's to say that a wild animal or even a dog isn't affected every now and then.

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my son has to shave more around full moon.....Had a good chase last nite in a 32 acre corn field

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Registered: Jul 2012
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Biggest mystery in nature to me. The week of full moon I will still tree a few coons but generally work for them. Coon hunters say coons moving during day. Deer hunting is tough the same time and deer hunters say the deer are moving at night. I also trap. My catch rate that week is about one third of what it is the rest of the time. A trap will treat you the same at 2:00 in the afternoon as it will at 2:00 in the morning. This tells me the full moon does not entirely shut things down but it has a dramatic influence on game movements. I plan my vacation time around trapping and I will not turn in a request for time off without looking at a calendar to make sure that my vacation does not fall on this week. A overcast night or a light drizzle during this time game moves well though.

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Possums like full moons.

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treed 4 tonight & 2 dens seen some sittin out. never ran a track just fell treed it was after midnight when i cut loose hunted till 3am the later it got seemed to be better

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Registered: Jul 2012
Location: western PA
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i noticed the coon seem to be running early morning. i work 5:45pm to 5:45am an on the way home yesterday i had 5 coon run in front of me. the moon def has a way of changing things. now looking at the results for the world hunt looks like a lot of the hounds had trouble i would think cuz of the moon

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i aint never been able to tell difference.the better the dog the better they will do under any kind of moon.lol

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I ran a coon over today at 7:30 in the morning.......talk about moving late.

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