RE: rain
It rained all day Saturday and we had company so I didn't hunt. It rained Sunday and we still had company so I didn't hunt in the morning. Company left at noon. At 1 PM it was grey and drizzling. I suited up and drove to the club. It was still drizzling when I got there. I walked in under a poncho and sat in a ground blind with no overhead cover. The rain stopped at about 3:30. All my scent had been scrubbed from the area. At 4:30 it got spookyquiet, dead silence in the pines. I got ready. At 5:30 that big doe I've been looking forwalked within 20 yards of me but I didn't have a shot. She didn't make a sound but she also didn't notice me. Now I know her preferred trail. I will bein a better spotthis weekend. To me, that was a good hunt.