Hunting in the rain
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Hunting in the rain
What's everyone's thoughts on this?
This morning it was raining quite steady but when it became a light drizzle just before sunrise I went out and didn't see any deer _anywhere_. I even went for a 45 minute drive and usually I see at least one deer along the side of the road or in a field.
I figure they must be bedded down and perhaps this afternoon might show some good activity?
This morning it was raining quite steady but when it became a light drizzle just before sunrise I went out and didn't see any deer _anywhere_. I even went for a 45 minute drive and usually I see at least one deer along the side of the road or in a field.
I figure they must be bedded down and perhaps this afternoon might show some good activity?
- mdcrossbow
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All I can say is keep shooting them in the rain and see how many you retreieve. Even the most experance hunters lose deer in the rain. You will be sick when you lose the buck of a life time over a washed out blood trail.
Last edited by mdcrossbow on Sun Oct 24, 2004 6:59 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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I'll bowhunt a drizzle, but if it is truly RAINING I stay home.
See Davehawk's post..
Gun hunting is a different story.
See Davehawk's post..
Gun hunting is a different story.
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I've found that deer move very poorly in a heavy rain. The same with most otehr animals. Bear included.
They will all move good before and after an cold front..
They will all move good before and after an cold front..
Woody Williams
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Went out yesterday evening in a light drizzle which turned into a fairly steady rain as soon as I got settled into the stand. I was in the landowner's ladder stand with a roof and camo skirting, so I was reasonably dry. After about half an hour I figured it wasn't going to let up, I wasn't going to shoot a deer in that kind of rain even if the opportunity presented itself, so I packed it in and went home. I enjoy hunting an overcast drizzly day, but not in a steady rain!
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- mdcrossbow
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From what I learned my best hunts for a nice buck close to the rut is right after a hard rain, Bucks will travel to re-scent their rubs, as far as scraps go most of them are done at night but sometimes I see them scrap durring the day but it is after a rain. Most deer hold up durring a rain, but feeding is very high just befor a rain. Last week we had a rain drizzel all week and I hunted most every day and hardly anything moved.
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I am lucky enough to own a very good tracking dog, and this allows me to hunt in the rain. In fact I killed a doe last Tuesday evening in a rain that I could not find alone. Went back to the camp picked up my dog and found the deer in less than 10 minutes. If I dont take the dog I dont like hunting in the rain with the crossbow, I have been on tracking jobs and lost deer due to the rain washing out the trail. Book
- mdcrossbow
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I need to clear up my anwser on hunting in the rain. I checked the radar before leaving the house. It had been raining steady for a day an ahalf. The front was just about to pass. In fact the water dripping from the trees was harder then the rain coming down by the time I got to my stand. The idea of tracking or losing a wounded deer isn't something to be taken lightly by any means. I don't want to give anyone the wrong idea. Sorry for the error. As it turned out, the doe I shot didn't go more than 5 feet from where I hit her.