BY FREDDIE MCKNIGHT MOON M USING S In the bright moonlight, I didn't need a headlamp to make it to my hunting spot. I could see well enough, too, to attach my climber to the tree and shimmy into position. I had doubts about success, but it was opening day of archery season and I had to be there. Still in the tree as noon approached, I had not seen a deer - or hardly any wildlife activity, for that matter. I blamed it all on the full moon, but looking back, I doubt the moon had much to do with it. Does the full moon affect deer activity? I wish I had a dollar for every time that question has been debated in a Pennsylvania deer camp. Popular beliefs seem mixed. There are various theories on how WHITETAILS UN-PHASED AUGUST 2023 9