We are receiving are 1st smow fall in Iowa. Any input on how a good drop on temp and snow fall effect deer movement? Do deer like to bed in wet conditions?

Deer eat, sleep, move and live their entire lives in the elements. Do they bed in wet conditions? I have seen it. October 31, 1998 - 7-point bedded down 55 yards from my stand at 7:30 a.m., stood up at 9:45, did a 360 and laid down again until 11:50. Drizzly day.

I believe deer movement occurs all the time, the degree of movement changing for many reasons that we may never know. In my experience, all but a couple of the bucks I have harvested were taken while either raining or snowing. Whether they were moving during those times due to the weather or lack of hunting pressure, I could not say.

But I do know that today and Friday the weather forecast for the areas that I hunt call for rain. I have to work today, but I'm definitely in the woods tomorrow!



GForce

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