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Old 10-17-2007, 10:15 PM
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Just out of curiosity, what is your guy's favorite hunting weather?

I'm here in IL, so we have two shotgun seasons. For the first season I love it to be coldbut still"fall-like", but then for the second season I think I'd have to say my favoriteis around 10-20 degrees in the morning as long as the wind isn't blowing too much, and I love to have just a skift of snow on the ground.
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Old 10-18-2007, 07:14 AM
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I'm about the same except I like it about 30 degrees with about 3 inches of snow second season. Last year I darn near got rocked out of my ladder satnd with a thunder storm and high winds second season.
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Old 10-18-2007, 08:08 AM
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i like it at about 50 durin gun season and about 60-70 for bow.
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Old 10-18-2007, 08:13 AM
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Temperature doesn't matter too much to me other than for comfort to sit on a stand. The most important aspect is that there would be no wind. I have always seen MORE deer on calm days than on windy days by a wide margin. A little snow can be nice also. The deer stand out a lot better in a wooded environment with a little bit of snow on the ground.
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Old 10-18-2007, 08:20 AM
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I too like a calm day, when the wind is blowing a lot the deer don't move as much because they can't smell as well. I see and kill more deer when the temp. is between 20 & 30 and the wind is below 8 mph. I took a vacation last year and it just happened to be this weather and I saw a lot of deer and killed to does back to back. Five came out I shot the biggest and the other four stood there so I shot the next one too.
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Old 10-18-2007, 08:46 AM
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I sitting in a tree withcalm winds and somewhat overcast skies. I like the temps to be in the 40's or 50's and I would love to hunt in the snow one of these days.
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Old 10-18-2007, 10:19 AM
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I would take 29-46 degrees with slight overcast and no wind. If I could pick the day it would be from november 2nd or 3rd through the 10th. That's my wish.
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Old 10-18-2007, 02:09 PM
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We have hunted in short pants and T-shirts the past two openers. I prefer 50 degrees with a cold front approaching, overcast and a light wind and drizzle.
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Old 10-18-2007, 08:51 PM
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cold and snowy. More the better. Makes the deer move early and slows down the driving that kills our hunting during first season.
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