Do deer move during a full moon?
Yes. A bright full moon shifts SOME deer activity into nighttime hours, but it does not shut deer down or move the rut. Daytime movement on full-moon weeks during the rut remains strong — especially during midday — because rut behavior is hormonally driven, not light-driven.
Studies on movement vs. lunar phase show small effects: slightly more midday daylight movement during full moons, slightly more dawn-dusk movement during new moons, and no measurable shift in actual rut breeding dates. The "rutting moon" theory hasn't held up against breeding-date data.
Don't reschedule a rut hunt around the moon. Schedule it around the photoperiod-locked peak window in your state and the cold-front forecast within that window. See state rut dates for the calendar.