Waste of time hunting in a light steady rain?
10-14-2007, 10:54 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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Waste of time hunting in a light steady rain?
or not?
Yes I know I can't kill any from my couch but I also don't wanna be out there if the success rate is next to nothing. What do you guys think?
Conditions: 55 degrees, light 4-5mph wind, steady light rain
Yes I know I can't kill any from my couch but I also don't wanna be out there if the success rate is next to nothing. What do you guys think?
Conditions: 55 degrees, light 4-5mph wind, steady light rain
10-14-2007, 11:01 AM
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Giant Nontypical
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RE: Waste of time hunting in a light steady rain?
I would wait until it just before it stops, I'm hoping it will by the morning! It's best hunting just before and just after a storm! If its a good long rain?snow I would time it to be out there before its coming to an end! With all the high winds this past week I was out Friday morning when it died down and had alot of movement!
10-14-2007, 11:02 AM
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Nontypical Buck
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RE: Waste of time hunting in a light steady rain?
keep in mind, this is not drizzle I'm talking about, and there are no breaks in the forecast. would you then still go out? got about an hour to decide.
10-14-2007, 12:32 PM
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RE: Waste of time hunting in a light steady rain?
Deer movment will increase during a LIGHT rain...........I would be in the woods.........If it is more than a light rain or the winds are high, that will stop movement til the storm subsides.
10-14-2007, 01:52 PM
#7
Giant Nontypical
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RE: Waste of time hunting in a light steady rain?
I am having the same conditions here in Minnesota today, and I will be going out in about an hour regardless of the rain. My hunting time is down to just weekends now, so I will go any chance I get. I went out early in the season, and it rained the whole time I was on stand, ( sometimes pooooooring) and that has been my best day so far this year as far as deer sightings.
10-14-2007, 04:07 PM
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RE: Waste of time hunting in a light steady rain?
These Ameristep umbrellas are real nice for hunting in the rain. They keep you AND your equipment dry. I hunted all day in the rain in Illinois last year with one of these and I saw quite a few deer. And I stayed dry and warm. My bow stayed dry too which is nice.
10-14-2007, 08:20 PM
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RE: Waste of time hunting in a light steady rain?
ORIGINAL: DropTine249
My goodness Id have been in a tree with those weather conditions. I hunted a day just like that last week, well it was steady mildly heavy rain. It rained almost the entire time I was in the woods. Had countless doe and buck up on their feet. I saw more deer that day than I ever have in the woods(not counting a field). At least 30 deer walked near my stand
My goodness Id have been in a tree with those weather conditions. I hunted a day just like that last week, well it was steady mildly heavy rain. It rained almost the entire time I was in the woods. Had countless doe and buck up on their feet. I saw more deer that day than I ever have in the woods(not counting a field). At least 30 deer walked near my stand