I have never had the deer bothered by the noise from the rain drops, that stand I just put up this year for the girls but I did shoot a hog out of it a couple months ago.....I haven't gun hunted in 10 years or so except for last year when I sat with my daughter, now my wife hunts with her...That is the same stand in two different stages, just trying to help Mottz out with some ideas on how it was built...