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Old 10-28-2009, 02:08 PM   #1
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Default Shooting in bad weather

For most of us if where hunting and a rain comes in with will deal with it even alittle rain.
I bow hunt most and am getting a muzzleloader this week well i wont have it till early next week. I try and shoot in the condition i plan to hunt. Though i do not do it enough. Do any of you shoot or muzzleloaders in winds or rain. If so how high a wind will you target shoot in and how much rain. With my bow i normaly stay around 10 to 15 because i ant hunting in a 30 mile an hour wind anyway.
Is there issues with loading and target shooting a ml in the rain. Since you will be loading and reloading often.
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Old 10-28-2009, 03:11 PM   #2
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I shoot in all kinds of weather. Rain, snow, wind... but a strong wind will effect your groups so keep that in mind. But if you don't shoot in bad weather, why would you hunt in bad weather?

When shooting in bad weather pay special attention to where the first shot goes.
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Old 10-28-2009, 03:30 PM   #3
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i don't hunt if it's windy ,game does not move ,they are all bedded down ..i will hunt if it rains or snows but i use a closed blind. ..
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Old 10-28-2009, 04:21 PM   #4
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We don't get the kind of winds you Northerners do, but I really like a windy day for creeping through the pine woods or hardwood swamps trying to locate bedded deer.
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Old 10-28-2009, 05:10 PM   #5
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Hunt in the rain. Party in the rain. Shoot in the rain!!
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Old 10-28-2009, 06:04 PM   #6
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sounds good guys a rain does not bother me as much as the wind. I like the fact it will wash my scent away when i walk in
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