My son, Joe and me hunt in the rain quite frequently, living in Rochester, NY. We have never had any luck in a downpour situation and normally call it a day if it develops beyond a steady drizzle or light rain. I don't often wear any special rain gear because I am normally pretty heavily layered to start. I do have an ol' trusty Army poncho that I take with me faithfully. I do not don it too often but it sure makes for a nice game wrap. Once a deer has been field dressed we lie it on top of our poncho, do some wrapping and then proceed to do our hauling out. Our game is hoisted onto the truck and off to our butcher. Game arrives clean and truck bed stays clean, all I do is run the poncho thru the wash and it's ready to go. HUNT THE LIGHT RAIN DEER LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!