Today was the first day of this season that I had to hunt in rain. Temps had dropped alot and it was down in the lower 40's with steady rain. I decided to park my bottom in one of my favorite spots overlooking a field. I built a homemade ground blind there and had one of those porta-roof jobbies over my head. Sweet! Being soaked from the walk in and tired from this weekend, I wasn't much in the mood for "run and gun" so I just decided to spend the whole morning there. I don't hunt with decoys often, but I put out 3 hens and a jake.

Over the course of the morning I saw 3 hens and 7 or 8 jakes. 2 of the hens and a gang of 7 jakes would not come near my decoys and fed way out in the field. One hen fed right among my decoys for about 20 minutes and she brought with her a jake. I practiced pointing my gun at him, but never took the safety off. "I'll hunt you next year little fellow", I thought.

As the morning wore on and turkeys were coming in and out of the field, I got to thinking. I cannot recall one rainy day hunt (and there have been many over the years) when I have set up overlooking a field where I have seen a mature gobbler. Tons of hens and jakes in the wet fields, but no gobblers.

Anyone else experience this? Why do you think this is?