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Post by daworz on Oct 24, 2008 9:15:07 GMT -5
Well after a beauitful Friday, and saw a couple nice deer, i moved my stand to different spot, thinking Friday would be the day. Well after watching the weatherman last night i thought better about going out this morning, They said heavy rain by 8am, Now i can hunt in rain, but not Heavy, so i slept in and woke up around 8:30am and it looked like it was just barley raining. Man was i  ed, Oh well guess i"ll go get some Coffee and visit H.I Dave |
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Post by danf on Oct 24, 2008 9:17:32 GMT -5
After the farce that was weather prediction last winter, you think you would have known! ;D
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Post by Decatur on Oct 24, 2008 9:44:22 GMT -5
Personally, I don't like to hunt in any rain. The thought of losing a blood trail curdles my blood!
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Post by Hoosier Hunter on Oct 24, 2008 10:04:42 GMT -5
Greg Miller insists that hunting in heavy rain will only get you wet. You're much better off waiting until it blows over. Bucks pretty much hunker down.
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Post by treetop on Oct 24, 2008 10:12:25 GMT -5
Personally, I don't like to hunt in any rain. The thought of losing a blood trail curdles my blood! That makes two of us I have hard time as it is being have color blind |
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Post by treetop on Oct 24, 2008 10:13:14 GMT -5
Raining like all get out here in Fort Wayne started about 7 AM
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Post by ripleyshooter on Oct 24, 2008 10:46:03 GMT -5
I have had good luck hunting in the rain and I have had even better right after a rain has stopped. I agree with not liking the blood trail in the rain though.
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Post by 10point on Oct 24, 2008 11:47:35 GMT -5
A few years ago I was on a trip hunting PA so I was going to hunt no matter what the weather was. I was hunting in the rain and at times it was really coming down hard. I ended up shooting a doe and boy was I relieved when that thing went down in sight. I hope I am not hunting in the rain tomorrow morning.
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Post by parrothead on Oct 24, 2008 11:53:16 GMT -5
I go everyday no matter what it is doing. The season is short enough as it is not going to miss a day.
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Post by Sleazy E on Oct 24, 2008 12:11:33 GMT -5
I do not mind hunting in a mist or sprinkle.... but I don't care for hunting in the rain... Like was said before I don't like not having a blood trail to follow when it gets washed away.... However I have killed a deer during gun season in the rain.... but that was a give me shot... she was about 5 yards from the base of my tree... she did not even run... just fell right over..
I do not mind getting wet... I have rain gear that I keep in my pack just in case.... I will sit int he stand and wait out a rain (if there is no lightning and the wind is not blowing too bad) if I know that it will not last.
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Post by indianahick on Oct 24, 2008 15:19:06 GMT -5
I hunted in the rain when I young, hearty and foolish. Now I am just old and crabby. But I do not hunt in the rain. Any rain.
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Post by Hawkeye on Oct 24, 2008 15:38:05 GMT -5
I will hunt in the rain,but I will not start a hunt in the rain!
Comes with getting older.
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Post by beehunter on Oct 24, 2008 15:40:14 GMT -5
I have good luck just as soon as a heavy rain stops, seems like the deer really move then.
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Post by buckeater on Oct 24, 2008 17:01:05 GMT -5
yeah same here. just a heavy sprinkle all morning till about 10 a.m.. i did see quite a few hunters out this morning and the deer were on the move as well.
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Post by trophyhunter1 on Oct 24, 2008 18:34:19 GMT -5
as for bow hunting i don`t hunt much in the rain, but with my muzzleloader i have killed alot of deer, in light rain.
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Post by whiteoak on Oct 24, 2008 19:11:17 GMT -5
I love still hunting with my muzzy in a slight rain. You can be quiet and can really slip up on them. If it were not for Gore-tex, I may think different though.
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Post by Woody Williams on Oct 24, 2008 19:18:28 GMT -5
I will hunt in the rain,but I will not start a hunt in the rain! Comes with getting older. |
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