This is my first year hunting with a long bow. I would like to know how many people hunt in the rain with there Stick & String.
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Same goes for me--I just don't enjoy sitting out in a duck-drowner. I don't have any good rain gear, and ain't gonna' put out the cash for it. I will sit through a drizzle if I don't get too cold. I hunt for the enjoyment of it, so when it's not fun anymore I leave.
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I usually go, most of the time I have no choice. Either its hunt or spend the day in a tent lol.
I love to do it also, used to bike in the rain, however AK ran and Mn rains are completely different. I could bike all nite in a MN rain and not freeze my butt off, I am sure I dont have to go into details on AK.
Stalking is better, this was the other reason I liked it. I hated sitting in trees. Dont get me wrong, I just enjoyed stalking so much more.
That said I wouldnt shoot something in a torrential down pour due to recovery. I still went though, it was just nice to get out. The animals dont hide and usually get up and move more unless its a bad one. The minute it slows, out they come....
I dont mind a real light rain...... but even if it gets steady Ill usually stay ....... but if it gets hard Ill leave. But I like it damp because the leaves make it REAL hard to stalk in to my stand quiet...
One of my memorable deer was taken in the rain. I had been hunting 7 days and passed up a few deer.... well on the last day of my hunt I woke up to a fairly steady rain....almost a 'medium' rain..... well I went anyway because I had been chasin a really nice 10 point all week. Well I was on stand about 45 minutes when an 8 point came down the trail - I had passed up this one 2 days earlier...... well considering I was a little cold, and a lot wet, I took the shot and dropped it inside of 20 yards..... in the rain... it was a great hunt.... in the rain.
I don't mind hunting in the rain, as long as it's lite to moderate. Heavy rain finds me snug at home with a cupper and a good movie or book.
I usually carry a mil issue poncho, cup, fire, esbit stove w/fuel, candle, coffee, honey, powdered creamer and a couple cookies, along with other gear, when hunting late fall and winter months. If it gets to raining too hard, I'll set up a shelter using the poncho, build a small fire, make some coffee and eat. If it don't stop, the poncho keeps me relatively dry till I get to the vehicle.
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I don't enjoy hunting in a heavy rain but the times I did I seen some animals. Precautions must be taken to protect the fletches if hunting in rain and it is not always so easy in a heavy rain.
It has been snowing for 3 days here and they are calling for snow for 3-4 more days. Don't have to worry about a heavy rain at least. [:'(]
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