warm weather hunting

dvy52882@hotmail.com · 10-11-2010, 10:04 AM

Good idea or waste of time to go out to your spot in high 70s degree weather. early season has been warm this year but i want to hunt.

travis_ranger2000 · 10-11-2010, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by dvy52882@hotmail.com

Good idea or waste of time to go out to your spot in high 70s degree weather. early season has been warm this year but i want to hunt.

I guess it really depends on what your wanting to shoot, are you gonna shoot a monster buck in this type of weather,, probably not. That opinion is off my expierience with warm weather hunting.

Night Crawler · 10-11-2010, 10:31 AM

where I am at it's sometime 90 degrees during bow season, deer still on summer feeding pattern

BUT, if your season is just now starting, the bucks have broken up and started pre-rut rituals, I would no go rack hunting till just after a front moves through, but the does will still feed just as normal if you just lookin for meat.

stabnslab_WI · 10-11-2010, 11:14 AM

Warm weather hunting is fine if you don't mind the bugs. Who ever said big bucks dont come out is full of B.S. Hunt by your water source if it's warm. I personally am not going out because the crappie fishing is way to good right now. If the crappies weren't flopping in the boat, I would sit with the bugs. Got to love this time of year!!!

ksharvester · 10-11-2010, 11:41 AM

its been a waste of my time so far they are moving just not where i want them to so im waiting till the rut gets going and the cold gets in to go back out.

DaveH · 10-11-2010, 11:50 AM

I've hunted in very warm weather a lot in the past. These days, I can be a little more selective about when to go out and I'll wait until it's a bit cooler. Today, it's 85 here and I saw a huge buck in a fresh cut corn field Sat evening. I'm not going after him tonight. I know he's out there, but I doubt he'll move much before dark today. That's been my experience in the past. It was a lot cooler Saturday

DeBauche11 · 10-11-2010, 01:02 PM

Your not going to get anything sitting in the house, def worth a try

obsessed bowhunter · 10-11-2010, 01:48 PM

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Originally Posted by DeBauche11

Your not going to get anything sitting in the house, def worth a try

Exactly!!! If you do your scouting then you have as good a chance at seeing a big buck in the heat as any other deer. I saw the biggest buck I've ever saw early season this year and it was in the upper 80s. Unfortunatly, I was looking for a tree to hang my stand when he came within 15 yards from me....lol. I had my stand on my back and my bow in the sling. He came in with another nice buck from behind me.

3tail · 10-11-2010, 02:50 PM

I didnt go out sunday morning because it was warm and the deer have so much food right now that they are not moving much but give it a coupl weeks and things will start to happen .

mission17 · 10-11-2010, 04:08 PM

there have been several monsters...grossing over 200 in illinois (pike county in this instance) where they were shot in the middle of the day in plus 70 degree weather...just this past week a 208 inch was shot at 330 in the afternoon and it was 78 degrees...
IMO...you have to put the time in to get results..