How do you guys hunt in the heat?
09-21-2005, 01:54 PM
#1
Typical Buck
Thread Starter
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Southwest Minnesota
Posts: 835
How do you guys hunt in the heat?
It's like 86 degrees right now. I thought about going out hunting tonight but I think I'll wait until next week when it's in the 60's. What are the chances of that P&Y moving when it's this hot?
09-21-2005, 02:14 PM
#3
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: North Lima Ohio & Clarion Pa
Posts: 6,453
RE: How do you guys hunt in the heat?
Well where do you think they are?? In the living room soaking up the AC?? Get out and hunt! Of course I may be jealous cuz I got another week and 3 days to wait!
09-21-2005, 02:25 PM
#4
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Winnsboro, La
Posts: 196
RE: How do you guys hunt in the heat?
I just dont think there is a good way to hunt in the heat. I sort of agree that you cant kill them on the couch, but you have to thendecide if it is worth taking the chance of messing up a good area whenmore favorableconditions are on the way.
09-21-2005, 02:28 PM
#5
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2003
Posts: 9,175
RE: How do you guys hunt in the heat?
It's gonna be 103 here today and they're forecasting 105 tomorrow![:-] I'd love to see 86 degrees.
Over they years, I've hunted quite a bit wearing cutoffs, tennis shoes and T-shirt so I can keep cool and not sweat as much. Deer like to be comfortable too, so they do most of their feeding and moving around at night when it's not as hot, then will be holed up in the shade during the day where they can get a nice breeze. And they'll usually be near water, so they don't have to move far to get a drink. You might get some early evening deer out feeding, or some late stragglers in the early morning.
Over they years, I've hunted quite a bit wearing cutoffs, tennis shoes and T-shirt so I can keep cool and not sweat as much. Deer like to be comfortable too, so they do most of their feeding and moving around at night when it's not as hot, then will be holed up in the shade during the day where they can get a nice breeze. And they'll usually be near water, so they don't have to move far to get a drink. You might get some early evening deer out feeding, or some late stragglers in the early morning.
09-21-2005, 04:52 PM
#7
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location:
Posts: 13,082
RE: How do you guys hunt in the heat?
I don't mess with it much myself. It's just too darn uncomfortable. Besides, with all the acorns and all other available food sources, the deer move like 100 yards in 2 hours. They just don't need to move much at all, so they don't. Even at that, let's say I did shoot one, I would have to work my tail off to get it taken care of. I have no cooler to hang it in, so I would have to quarter it and get it on ice the same evening, then go to work the next morning. No thanks. I, too, will be waiting till next week.
09-21-2005, 04:52 PM
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: Leesburg Fl
Posts: 3,245
RE: How do you guys hunt in the heat?
down here in florida and in the early season in ky i just wear shorts and a camo t-shirt under my mesh bug suit. if there's a breeze haveing the mesh allows you to feel it. no i found a new shirt that helps with it also. it's and x-scent shirt. the thing is awesome. it's kinda like under armor but cheaper and it's antimicrobial. it's like a mesh but is made to breath more in the heat and keep you warm somehow in the winter also.
09-21-2005, 05:16 PM
#10
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Lehigh County PA USA
Posts: 12,157
RE: How do you guys hunt in the heat?
Decent....depending on what you are hunting over. For extremely hot weather I would suggest hunting closer to the bedding area as the deer are more likely to move before it gets too hot in the morning and after it cools off a bit in the evening. Either that or hunt a water source.