If you were hunting a piece of ground that is a reclaimed stripmine which is thick with new growth treesan hasno pasture ground or open fields, what would area would you look to hunt on rainy day?

A different spot... Honestly, They just won't spend much time in thick woods in wet weather. An open woods or pine plantation might have possibilities, A lane or road, anywhere that they won't have vegetation up against them.

I would try and find the most open spot and hunt there. But i don't think you would much luck being that your in the woods.