There is something about nasty .....

[shed33]

Personally, I think the old bucks, the real survivors figure out over time that during the rut, and when the conditions get really nasty, ie hvy rain, hvy fog, winds up to 20-25 mph gusts at times with a constant of about 10mph plus, snow, you name it, they actually feel more comfortable moving, sensing that less hunters are in the woods etc. Jm2c.

I sat three full days this past Friday, Sat and Sunday. High a top a big mountain(three different stands)in the hvy winds, rain and snow. Really chitty conditions at times...Not once did the 6 bucks I watched come by all in bow range but one(nothing Iwanted to shoot, but onereally nice 4x4 3.5 year old) act as if the nasty conditions bothered them. Three were following a doe and the other three out cruising.

Two of which hammered my mock scrape and put on a dancing show with their heads in my forehead gland scent....on the lickingbranches...The majority of movement, 4 out of 6 bucks were from 10 am until 2 pm.... makes methink the bucks anddoe that was leading the boys....have the hunters patterned more than we may give them credit for... and these were the young guys..

I am bowhunting rifle season.. I will add.. I heard gun shots only in the morning and afternoon..

I have five days off starting tomorrow, I plan on being out there all day... We eat T/G dinner after dark in our house

[mobow]

I would certainly tend to agree, especially during mid day. I wouldn't know much about whether they move in nasty weather.....well, cause I don't move off of my couch usually.....

[IAhuntr]

I've shot some of my biggest bucks on cold miserable days.

[kshunter]

I hope you're right. It's supposed to be cold and miserable on Thanksgiving day here in Kansas. Luckily it's my day off, and i'll be in the woods

[shawnfogelman]

ORIGINAL: shed33

Personally, I think the old bucks, the real survivors figure out over time that during the rut, and when the conditions get really nasty, ie hvy rain, hvy fog, winds up to 20-25 mph gusts at times with a constant of about 10mph plus, snow, you name it, they actually feel more comfortable moving, sensing that less hunters are in the woods etc. Jm2c.

I sat three full days this past Friday, Sat and Sunday. High a top a big mountain(three different stands)in the hvy winds, rain and snow. Really chitty conditions at times...Not once did the 6 bucks I watched come by all in bow range but one(nothing Iwanted to shoot, but onereally nice 4x4 3.5 year old) act as if the nasty conditions bothered them. Three were following a doe and the other three out cruising.

Two of which hammered my mock scrape and put on a dancing show with their heads in my forehead gland scent....on the lickingbranches...The majority of movement, 4 out of 6 bucks were from 10 am until 2 pm.... makes methink the bucks anddoe that was leading the boys....have the hunters patterned more than we may give them credit for... and these were the young guys..

I am bowhunting rifle season.. I will add.. I heard gun shots only in the morning and afternoon..

I have five days off starting tomorrow, I plan on being out there all day... We eat T/G dinner after dark in our house

Shed, I made that same point a few weeks ago. According to my logs that I have kept on a daily hunting basis for the past 11 years, the majority of "Big Bucks" I see are in bad weather and between 11am to 2:45pm. When everyone else says the weather is too bad to hunt tomorrow...I know I'm going for sure.

[Cougar Mag]

Right on Troy. Some of the biggest racked and most mature bucks I've seen while bowhunting have been during miserable "human" weather. Two of the biggest were observed during heavy rains.

[shed33]

Mag , you make an excellent point.. Miserable "Human Weather"

David Morris did a great breakdown in his book hunting trophy whitetails from a biological perspective as to what is miserable to a human versus a deer in regards to conditions..

personally while I was freezing my arse off this weekend and trying to keep snow from filling my peep and eyeballs. the deer seemed very comfortable..

I've felt this way for years and have seen and killed some of my best bucks in poor conditions.. seen the monsters during these times.. anyway, I just wondered what everyone else felt due to experience..

[Critr-Gitr]

I absolutely agree. If it is miserable, I am gonna be out there. That is when I have always seen my best deer. My buck from two years ago was taken on just such a day. Freezing foggy mist, stiff wind, and it turned to snow that night. I nearly died (it felt like) but I stayed up there on that stand, and it paid off. I love those kind of days. You can bet I will be out all I can this Thanksgiving.

[bowman15]

I alway thought the best days hunting were like the best days musky-fishing; the crappier the weather, the better the action. And especially during the rut on public-land. I too blelieve they pattern us.