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Dr Andy 04-25-2006 06:23 AM

Rainy day Question
 
If you wake up at O-Dark:30 and its raining hard do you go to the woods at the usual time or do you go back to bed and get a late start?

RayC 04-25-2006 07:50 AM

RE: Rainy day Question
 
I'm at least at the woods with a jug of coffee, turn the wipers on once in a while to see how bad it really is ;)

maytom 04-25-2006 10:07 AM

RE: Rainy day Question
 

ORIGINAL: Dr Andy

If you wake up at O-Dark:30 and its raining hard do you go to the woods at the usual time or do you go back to bed and get a late start?
Raining hard, I'll go back to bed and if it appears to be slowing down later in the morning, I may head out then. Personally, hunting in a heavy rain just aint fun in my book. I save up vacation time to hunt during the spring turkey season. So I feel that I don't have to hunt the "off" days weather wise.;)

OhiobowHunter56 04-25-2006 01:57 PM

RE: Rainy day Question
 
i do... seems from my experience everytime its raining hard i go out and setup and it starts to slow down...someof these mornings have even been sucessful... just my experience i know kinda wierd... but i guess i go out just to get away from the house sometimes;)

Totemkopf 04-25-2006 03:19 PM

RE: Rainy day Question
 
One of the best times to hunt turkeysis right after the rain stops.

Dr Andy 04-25-2006 05:29 PM

RE: Rainy day Question
 
Seeing as time is limited and I have to travel to where I hunt I'll probably set up in the rain

Arrowmaster 04-25-2006 05:55 PM

RE: Rainy day Question
 
I had that experience today. It was pouring and then lightened up and I was already sitting in my blind. It payed off with a 25lb double beard with 1 in spurs. So dont sleep in just go getem...

old longbeards 04-25-2006 07:01 PM

RE: Rainy day Question
 
yep....i'm there at half past oh dark thirty...thermos in hand and plannin on gettin wet...lol...:D...didnt you know turkey huntin's an obsession???...lmao

Strut&Rut 04-25-2006 07:26 PM

RE: Rainy day Question
 
I bought a cheap, after-season clearance blind from Walmart this Spring for 2 reasons; 1) a 5-yr old daughter who just has to go turkey hunting with her papa, and 2) rain soaked days I can sit in a water resistant blind and stay dry!!

From my experiences, the birds move to open areas, and are call shy during rainy days. Sit on a field edge, or a small secluded draw (open strut zone or sheltered forest), put out the dekes and wait. Patterning is the key to those days...

I won't go out in thunderstorms though. My experience with boomers is this...all of the woodland creatures simply disappear...and the woods explode immediately after...

acurtis 04-26-2006 07:21 AM

RE: Rainy day Question
 
i wouldnt go out in a down pour but if it was a lite shower i would go


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