Should I hunt tonight???
 

It's opening day for me today and I didn't hunt this morning because of work but could hunt this evening. It's going to be around 90 degrees with a 60% chance of thunderstorms and winds howling out of the south at 15-25mph. Definitely NOT ideal conditions by any means. If it were not opening day I would probably skip the hunt but I've been sooooo pumped for about the last 9 months that I don't know if I can miss it. I'm struggling with the decision...input would be appreciated.

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RE: Should I hunt tonight???
 

The hell you say !!

" with a 60% chance of thunderstorms and winds howling out of the south at 15-25mph. "

Front coming thru = GOOD THING
Windy = GOOD THING . When the woods are moving with high winds deer move IMO.

Its hot here, not windy, sunshine blue skies and I'm going, if not for 30 minutes !!


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Edited by - stealthycat on 10/01/2002 14:03:34

RE: Should I hunt tonight???
 

Get out there!!!! I connected with a doe this year during a thunderstorm!!! Make sure you make a pass through shot and watch where it runs...

RE: Should I hunt tonight???
 

HUNT MAN HUNT I have taken some of my biggest buck's when weather was bad, if not crazy about being in a tree hunt the ground......good luck

RE: Should I hunt tonight???
 

Sit home man. DO you know how miserable hunting in 90 degree weather is. Not to mention the wind. You'll be teetering back and forth all night up there. Wait til you have a day you can actually enjoy.

Some things are true whether you believe them or not.

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RE: Should I hunt tonight???
 

BETTER give it a shot man. IF not for yourself, for the fellas who can't go

RE: Should I hunt tonight???
 

Did you go out?

RE: Should I hunt tonight???
 

It was opening day here in Illinois too. With the record heat here i passed on today. Yes, great front coming in, its opening day and all ........

BUT: If i where to arrow a deer tonight im worried about loosing it. Its way hot, and i get up at 4:00 am to go to work. So in order for me to make sure the deer would be ok i would have to butcher it myself before the morning. This is the reason i passed.

Just make sure you can take care of the animal in the heat if you decide to go..........

RE: Should I hunt tonight???
 

Same here. Much as I was looking forward to getting out on opening day, I decided to wait till it cools off a little. (which it's supposed to do in a couple of days.)If I got a deer in this heat, it would have to be butchered right away. Not to mention that if I shot it right at dusk, there is no way I could wait long to go after it. By the time I got it all done it would be time for work tomorrow.

I AM serious... :) >>--->

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Wolfen Inquiring minds want to know, did you go? If you didn't I will bet you money a 190 class buck was making a new scrape 10yards in front of your stand.

The Tazman aka Martin Price
Founder and President of
Virginia Disabled Outdoorsmen Club

RE: Should I hunt tonight???
 

Taz...that's not funny man!<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle> Well, my wife had some meetings at my daughter's school at 7pm that she was going to miss if I went hunting. She was kind of giving me grief about it but was willing to let me go if I really had to. It was probably more important for her to go to the meetings than to sacrifice it for me to be sweating my arse off in a stand with mosquitos buzzing and biting me. I weighed my options and just decided to go out and do some work on some of my other stands and to be back home in time for me wife to leave. While out in the woods, I went by the stand that I was going to hunt that night and I kicked up two deer. It was hard to see but I think it was a doe and a fawn. Then I went and worked on some stands and upon coming to another stand, there were two more deer within 20 yards of that stand. All I could do was just shake my head, cuss a little bit, and tell myself that Sunday (the next day I can get out) is not that far away. I saw lots of new sign. Several new rubs and a couple recent scrapes...which is very early for the scrapes but it's good to see. A nearby neighbor said he had seen a monster buck crossing the road about 1/2 mile from my area last week. Hopefully he will come a little closer. Thanks for the input fellas!! Sorry I don't have a better story to tell you!