To provide you with some good times to fish and hunt this month, we have partnered with Rick Taylor's PrimeTimes, the famous forecaster used by millions of outdoorsmen around the world. While both solar and lunar periods should always be considered, due to copyright laws only the lunar portion is shown here. For the complete forecast of fish and game activity for the entire year, including the best days, please consult PrimeTimes.

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PrimeTimes is far more effective than "moon tables" because it takes into account critical solar energies as well as lunar.

The "Best Days" column is based on the ever-changing positions of the sun and the moon, rating each day on a scale of 0 to 100. The higher the number, the more solar/lunar influence that day is experiencing (see "Value" column or corresponding black bars).

The "Lunar Periods" section lists the times the moon is overhead and underfoot each day. The length of a lunar period can range from one hour to three-and-one-half hours, depending on a number of important lunar cycles, such as how close the moon is to the earth that day and how high its orbit is. Also, this section uses solar symbols (see key at bottom of each month) to alert you when a lunar period is occurring at the same time as a solar period (eg, dawn, high-noon and dusk).