37 degrees and raining
12-07-2013, 02:42 PM
#14
Spike
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 22
The big boy I killed last year walked out 10 minutes after a steady downpour ended. I've seen many a deer in the rain. My rule-of-thumb: When it's uncomfortable for me, is when I'll see deer.
Where do you live in Tennessee? You mentioned the rut is close. I live in Middle Tennessee, and from what I've seen, a lot of the mature bucks are locked-up with does.
12-09-2013, 12:06 PM
#16
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Mar 2004
Posts: 2,445
I"ll sit a couple hours in the rain. If the deer are not moving, I'll leave the stand and still-hunt. The rain makes the walking quiet, and I've see quite a few bedded deer this way. If you have some land you can hunt in this manner, I'd say give it a go. Just go nice and slow, and look in all directions before you move. Don't take more than a few steps and then scan everything again. When the squirrels pay you no attention, you're doing it about right. Good luck.
12-13-2013, 12:28 PM
#17
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Nov 2005
Location: Indiana
Posts: 1,186
I"ll sit a couple hours in the rain. If the deer are not moving, I'll leave the stand and still-hunt. The rain makes the walking quiet, and I've see quite a few bedded deer this way. If you have some land you can hunt in this manner, I'd say give it a go. Just go nice and slow, and look in all directions before you move. Don't take more than a few steps and then scan everything again. When the squirrels pay you no attention, you're doing it about right. Good luck.
My 2 cents is get a stainless firearm if you like hunting in the rain.I don't like rust on my guns.
12-14-2013, 03:19 AM
#18
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2009
Posts: 1,926
Ha, a lot of hunters won't find out in that weather. And sometimes you don't see a deer.
For me, a lot depended on what state I lived in. If it was a short season I went out. If it was a long season I'd pass.
I remember every hunting day it was a dank, damp rainy day in the thirties.
For me, a lot depended on what state I lived in. If it was a short season I went out. If it was a long season I'd pass.
I remember every hunting day it was a dank, damp rainy day in the thirties.
Last edited by Valentine; 12-14-2013 at 03:21 AM.
12-15-2013, 02:23 AM
#20
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: MICHIGAN
Posts: 2,568
I can't shoot them from the couch, I have to get up to open the door or window.
I've had them come into the yard during a thunder storm and pouring rain to eat then lay down. They will get up and stretch and shake the moisture off best they can and then lay back down.
Al
I've had them come into the yard during a thunder storm and pouring rain to eat then lay down. They will get up and stretch and shake the moisture off best they can and then lay back down.
Al
