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37 degrees and raining

Old 12-06-2013, 07:32 AM
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Question its 37 degrees and been raining since last night and still coming down will deer move or will I been wasting time today until it stops raining.
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Old 12-06-2013, 07:34 AM
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Killed a good many deer in the rain. Killed a big doe this year in the rain.
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Old 12-06-2013, 07:38 AM
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If the rut is going good, you will see them.
If not do you have any thick stands of pine.
When its nasty cold, and raining, they like to get under thick pine trees that have branches close to the ground, it's dry and toasty, in there.

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Old 12-06-2013, 07:54 AM
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I am waiting to go this afternoon but it is pouring. No the rut in tenn is close but maybe 2 weeks out. No just hard woods
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Old 12-06-2013, 08:22 AM
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Get out there this afternoon the big bucks will be moving
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Old 12-06-2013, 08:42 AM
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Deer aren't people. Their daily activities have to go on regardless of weather. They can't sit inside and wait it out.
The rain may mean they move less and stick to thicker cover so that's where you need to be. The temperature means nothing.
It was -17 here yesterday morning and life in the deer world was business as usual.
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Old 12-06-2013, 08:53 AM
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Some of my best fall turkey hunting has been in down pours. Deer have to eat they will move look for some thick cover so they can keep out of the rain as much as possible.
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Old 12-06-2013, 10:31 AM
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Cant kill them from the couch.
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Old 12-06-2013, 10:39 AM
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You can if you have a couch in your hunting blind. Had a uncle in Louisiana that had a lazy boy in his blind.
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Old 12-06-2013, 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by fishhound
Cant kill them from the couch.
Unless you are in one of those fancy shooting houses they use down in TX. Then you can probably kill one from the jacuzzi while watching the big game on ESPN.
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