What do you use as your Hunting Weather Source?
 

Hi I am curious to know how you obtain the weather before you go out hunting. is it radio, tv, internet, newspaper and which one do you feel give the most accurate info? Do you use weather.com, accuweather.com or some other site? On your computer or mobile device?

I use weather.com...and this new site i found weather tohunt.com...you create an account and then put in your zip code of where you will be hunting and it tells ya all kinds of stuff.

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I check the weather forcast in the local news paper, on the news and sometimes on line ..
Yesterday it rained , and drizzled all day ,, deer were on the move all day. I never seen them like that before in all the years I,ve hunted .Except when we get a steady light snow fall.
I,m in Northern NY

walk down on the dock, if the wind is across the lake from the west its going to be fine, east its rain coming, big waves mean lotsa wind, flat calm means low pressure nothing moving.

also use the weather rock.

never fails.

rock wet, its raining
rock white, snowing
cant see rock, its foggy
rock hot, its sunny

intellicast.com

Here's a great site for checking weather...

http://weather2hunt.com/

You have to register, but it's okay and you don't get spam or unwanted emails and stuff. Type in your zip code and it gets all setup for your area.

Other than that, I have used www.weather.com and sites like that. For forecasting sites, I found a link from Field and Stream that shows the best days/times to hunt. http://www.fieldandstream.com/weather_hunt Type in your zip code and whether or not you want Deer, Upland birds, or Fishing.

I just check the local forecast on the weather channel the day before or before I go out in the morning.

I open the door and look outside.I dont trust the weather people...

Thanks for all your suggestions! I appreciate the responses

NOAA. Internet before leaving for camp and on the Wx radio before heading out.

weather.com usually

We dont do this every day but every 3 or 4 days gives us a good picture of the probable weather coming, or at least the next 3 day trend.

First I pull down the satellite images for water vapor, infra-red and visible, these images can be bought off the main geostationary birds.

Then I look at the three radar images that I can get online which is composite reflectivity, base reflectivity and precipitation type.

Third I pull up the synpotic scale surface weather charts and then finally pull up the surface observations from nearby airports.

taken together this data gives us a probable weather pattern for our locations.

This is very good info to have and in combination with our advanced military training in field condition weather forecasting and our local knowledge we can predict the coming weather better than teh nearest news agency.

you can also learn this by applying for courses and training done by the AMerican Avalanche Institute.

all of our guides have attended the first three levels of AAI weather forecasting and if you are serious about your outdoor lifestyle I recommend them, as well as becoming Wilderness First Responder Certified or wilderness EMT certified.