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Old 11-16-2004 | 07:34 PM
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Default RE: Rainy day help

Some of the best hunting I've ever had was in rainy, misty weather. Sound and scent don't travel very well, so the deer have a much harder time picking me out. Visibility is also lowered, so motion is easier to camoflauge. With a good pair of binoculars, I can see them a long time before they can see me. On days like this, I like to just pick out a spot along the fencline of a wheatfield. The last time my friend and I did this, we could see 75+ deer all within a few hundred yards. My friend shot and missed, then his gun jammed. The deer never moved. They just kept right on grazing. We got the jam cleared and he nailed a doe. As soon as that white belly turned up, deer ran everywhere. The fence was just shaking from all the deer going over and under it. It was the most amazing hunt I have ever been on. And to think we nearly didn't go out because of the weather!
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