Hunting in the rain
10-30-2004, 01:40 PM
#1
Thread Starter
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 39
Hunting in the rain
Does anyone hunt in the rain? One area I hunt it seems everytime it rains the bucks are very active. For 4 years in a row now I have seen them in light rain to heavy downpours. The second question would you shoot one in the rain when you could lose a blood trail. I have held back on a shot in heavier rain but have taken deer with a light drizzle. Friday a downpour started. I made it into a ground blind with a roof and could watch 2 field edges. About 30 minutes it looked like a deer parade. Wondering if anyone else has ever seen this
10-30-2004, 01:52 PM
#2
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Dekalb, Illinois
Posts: 431
RE: Hunting in the rain
No kidding, i would'nt have thought they would be out in this. Go figure, just when the experts tell ya not too, Ca-Blam! another person catches a monster in the opposite advice. I am starting to feel like the AFLAC duck AIEE!![&:]
10-30-2004, 05:18 PM
#3
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Fulton county IL USA
Posts: 4,271
RE: Hunting in the rain
I've generally found that the rain doesn't have an effect on my area deer. We see just as many and we've tagged just as many. In fact, we've generally found that a light rain with generally increase deer movement. The factor that will supress the deer in most of my areas are what we have today.... 40mph winds! I realize that many wll play ethics police and "strongly suggest" that one does NOT hunt in the rain. I say, you just have to be that much more careful about shot selection and you generally won't be tracking very long anyways. Granted in a driving downpour I wouldn't want to take the shot or if darkness is close at hand I wouldn't want to risk it BUT that still leaves many hours in a day one could confidently take the shot. Best advice I could give is to buy some quality rain gear and make yourself comfortable. Besides, even the folks that will tell ya not to hunt in the rain will tell ya that some of the very best hunting can be as soon as the "storm" passes. I'd rather already be in my treestand. 
10-30-2004, 05:56 PM
#5
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Richwood Ohio USA
Posts: 138
RE: Hunting in the rain
I hate it. It is one thing to be on stand waiting on buck and just hoping one shows up or you get to watch some doe. However, to be on stand and wet, uncomfortable and miserable is totally demoralizing and I can't stand it. I will hunt in sprinkle or drizzle, but if it becomes steady rain then I generally head for the house. I just hate hunting in the rain.
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10-30-2004, 06:02 PM
#6
Typical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Norwalk, CT
Posts: 599
RE: Hunting in the rain
I hunt from a blind when it rains if I go out & seem to see as many deer if not a bit more. I think they encounter less hunters on rainy days & feel safer. I'd shoot if it was raining so long as its not a downpour, shot placement is more important tho & I have passed on shots I would have otherwise have taken.
10-30-2004, 06:14 PM
#7
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Jefferson, NY
Posts: 62
RE: Hunting in the rain
I love hunting in the rain - no one else is out! If its on/off showers or light rain/drizzle I'm in the woods. If its gonna be a soaker or rain steady all day - i'll stay in... like CARDEER says - too tough to find blood in those conditions. However-I will gun hunt in a steady rain.
