While the recent temperatures have been enjoyable, I am excited for some real Fall weather! A week and a half of highs 10-20 degrees above average dropped the animal activity down quite a bit. But that will be changing in a big way the next few days! Here's the setup:
A large disorganized storm system will push a cold front through, so cooler temperatures will be moving into the area. This storm will strengthen to our east as a large Pacific High Pressure moves in. The two systems pushing each other around will create strong winds from the northwest Thursday and even Friday. These winds will signal big weather changes to the animals, and the cool breeze will combine with high pressure which should have big deer on the hoof during the daylight for the first time in weeks.
This setup is pretty favorable for seeing increased activity in the stand, but lets sweeten the pot. Consider too the moon phase is just past full. (Track this with my link to the right). The end of this week the moonrise for central Iowa is during the middle of the night, and the bright moon is hanging overhead through the first half of the morning. From my notes, this is often a favorable moon phase for lengthy morning activity and good hunts. All of these factors are timing out for the end of this week and the first half of the weekend. Bucks will be testing each other's boundaries and sizing up the competition for the breeding season and my forecast is they're going to pretty active the end of this week. I think I'll clear my schedule for some stand time!
Here's the theory in review:
Warm Lazy Pattern Broken + Cooler Temps + High Pressure + Last Bright Moon Before Full Moon During Rut = Happy Hunting!
I think you should test this one out. Good Luck!
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