About this episode

Adam Hays discusses how a significant buck hunt changed his perspective on lunar deer movement.

What if the biggest buck of your life could show up on the one day you’d normally tell yourself NOT to hunt? Adam Hays killed his 221-inch Kansas giant in brutal 85–90 degree weather, on the first night of a Red Moon—and that experience completely changed the way he looks at lunar deer movement. In this episode of The Fall Podcast, Adam and I dive deep into the Moon Guide, Red Moon predictions, and the controversial debate over whether the moon actually influences mature buck movement. Adam explains why he believes hunters have been looking at the wrong part of the moon, why its position in the sky matters more than simply looking at the moon phase, and what he discovered after digging into the deer studies that are often used to dismiss lunar influence. We also talk about using the moon alongside wind, weather, scouting and trail-camera data, how Adam decides when to hunt a location, and why he believes scouting tells you where to be while the Moon Guide can help determine when to be there. We get into morning hunts, November, hunting mature bucks in terrible weather, common mistakes hunters make, and how even a hardcore moon skeptic can test the theory for themselves. Is the…

People in this episode

Host: Arron Bleise

Guest: Adam Hays

Topics covered

• deer hunting
• lunar influence
• hunting strategies
• weather impact
• scouting techniques
• moon phases

Keywords

• 221-inch buck
• Red Moon
• deer movement
• hunting tips
• moon guide
• trail-camera data
• weather conditions

Sponsors

Latitude Outdoors, Faceoff Ebikes, Asio Gear, Kuhle Archery

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Jays Sporting Goods

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