Has anyone ever used one of these umbrella type thing that you hook to your tree? I would think that the falling rain would either draw attention to you when a deer was near or the sound of the rain hitting it would scare it off. What do ya think?

My Dad used one last Saturday. He was in a climbing stand, sbout 20-22' off the ground in a limbless pine tree. He was hunting in a pretty steady rain and temps about 50 degrees. He used an umbrella. A nice 9 point buck came into the scrapes he was overlooking and he made the shot and killed the best bow buck of his life.

The umbrella works.
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MrMatticus20, I had the same fears as you about the umbrellas before I tried one. After using them when it rains all day for three years now, I must agree with stealthy, they work!

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I just bought one at WalMart for $17.75. Made by BuckWing Products - called the Porta Roof

I used on last week in a pouring rain. It saved me from getting soaked to the bone. I had a group of 14 30-50# pigs come in and eat corn with it spooking them. Then I had 3 coyotes (now 2)come in without ever looking up.
The rain hitting the umbrella sounds a lot like the rain hitting the forest floor and fallen leaves to me.

I used one for the beginning of our bowseason. The rain hitting the umbrella sounds no different than the rain hitting the ground.

That is the only way to go if you hunt when it is raining.