Smaller animals, that the coyotes feed on ten to move more as the moon get darker.

I wonder if it's the prey animals ability to see and avoid the hunter.

The full moon just plain sucks for coyotes/fox, but cloudy nights and fronts help a little. For the last 50 plus years ALL my best catches have been around the dark moon. The moon effects us all!

I have mixed results. We all have our anecdotal experience. Here’s a study worth reading. See page 202. I tend to think Boddiker is correct. This year I had more catches under a fuller moon which is different from years past. One great coyote caller put it another way- “Did you check the moon before you ate breakfast this morning? No? Well neither did the coyote. They like to eat every day just like you.”

http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1066&context=gpwdcwp

I have my one week trapping vacation scheduled for January 19th - 27th. Wouldn't you know it, the Super Full Blood Wolf Moon is coming on the night of January 20th!!!

You will knock them dead , enjoy yourself have fun.

Full moons and the day or two before and after suck for k9 trapping for me. Not impossible, but i never expect much. However i usually seem to pick up a few bobcats during that time.

It seems like if the line has been set prior to full moon, the catch drops during the full moon.

If a new line is set during the full phase on new ground the catch is fine.

Have watched to moon phases and effect on the line for 40+ seasons.

I find that warm weather and a lack of snow during the winter has more of a effect on my catch then any moon phase. Coyotes just don't move In conditions like that .