Mature Whitetail Buck Vulnerability Forecast, WBVF for 2026

[Rubberhead*]

I feel like I say this every year but the moon phases are not aligning well with the best photo-period periods. The model is trying to be optimistic around the half-moon period in mid-October but it weights the moon phase more heavily than the photoperiod. Anyway, here's what I've got for 2026. It's picking the same early November period as the best for Game Zone 1 and Game Zones 2, 3 and 4. That's the first time it's done that.