bowhunting in the rain?
10-17-2012, 12:06 PM
#1
Spike
Thread Starter
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Southern Maine
Posts: 18
bowhunting in the rain?
I have a small window of opportunity to get out this weekend for only a few hours. However its supposed to rain during that time. During this time of the year (pre-rut), is it worth it to be out there getting soaked in the tree stand, or do the deer still move a lot when its raining? Later on in the season if I were on the ground still-hunting with a gun I never hesitate to go out in the rain. But with the bow from a tree stand, are the deer just gonna lay down once it starts raining? How much do deer move in the rain?
10-17-2012, 01:15 PM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: central and east texas
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waste of time imo...right after the rain stops is another story.
gettin yer bow clothes all wet just means more laundry to do. maybe a black shirt and some blue jeans inside a ground blind/tent. dont think i have ever seen a deer while it was raining. drizzling yes..but pouring from the sky, never.
gettin yer bow clothes all wet just means more laundry to do. maybe a black shirt and some blue jeans inside a ground blind/tent. dont think i have ever seen a deer while it was raining. drizzling yes..but pouring from the sky, never.
10-17-2012, 01:48 PM
#6
Fork Horn
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Location: Southern New Hampshire
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10-17-2012, 02:10 PM
#7
Nontypical Buck
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Location: central and east texas
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10-17-2012, 02:15 PM
#8
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Southern New Hampshire
Posts: 190
I said...IF YOU CAN. Apparently the hunter who shot these deer should stick to what they know! 
And those were target arrows so what's your point?
Look at my avitar...see the red spot? Enough said!
And those were target arrows so what's your point?Look at my avitar...see the red spot? Enough said!
Last edited by 7MMXBOLT; 10-17-2012 at 02:19 PM.
10-17-2012, 03:31 PM
#9
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Mont County, Pa
Posts: 7,368
If you're telling him to aim for the neck of a deer with a bow, you're giving BAD advise! There's waaaay too much room for error. The heart/lung region is the preferred aiming spot in any conditions.
10-17-2012, 03:55 PM
#10
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: N.E. Wisconsin
Posts: 411
To the post, I have gotten a couple of my biggest Bucks by sitting in the rain, downpour(?), no, I will agree with the comment on losing the trail in the rain when its to heavy, to much risk. But sitting out on a misty day, I would go every time. One cant kill anything from the couch!