Old wives tales...

[growalot]

So "a lot of fat on a deer means a hard winter"

What have you guys been seeing on your kills?

My doe was just layered in fat...every where....Now I know that having new 200 acres of corn in the area this year is probably...most likely the reason ...but fun to speculate.....

[Larry]

lots of fat means there eating well

[nyantler]

Most deer will have quite a bit of fat this time of year regardless of what weather is approaching... it is part of the process of preparing for winter... after hunting season, depending on how much snow and availability of food during the season.. does will have the most fat, bucks a bit less from rutting and breeding. Some buck will literally be almost entirely void of fat from the extensive breeding during which time they will often stop eating all together... this makes some bucks very vulnerable to a harsh winter... as for amount of fat being a prediction of what is to come this winter... let's just say that mother nature doesn't even know what kind of winter it will be until it gets here.. that fatting happens every year... the amount of fat has more to do with availability of food and the amount of competition for those food sources... a doe just 10 miles away might not have nearly the same fat.. because of different conditions.. but that doesn't mean the weather will be different 10 miles away.

[arrow nocker]

if they are laying down under the trees its going to rain.LOL.thats what my gramma used to say about cows.

[nyantler]

if they are laying down under the trees its going to rain.LOL.thats what my gramma used to say about cows.

That may sound funny but it could be true.. animals can sense changes in barometric pressure and probably have as good a chance at predicting rain coming as any weather man.

[G-Man]

Barn swallows flying high is a sure sign of rain in next 24 hrs, low ground skimming evpect dry n fair weather. Best one i've ever heard and it seems to work as well.....

[GreeneHunter]

A guy can't/won't shave till he gets his Deer !

[biggamefish]

I can say we are do for a heavy winter. Specially after last years easy one

[arrow nocker]

a hot summer means a cold winter.Right?

[bubba]

the winter will be much more predictable around the first of may 2013

[Guns&ReligionCop]

My doe had no fat on her but its still pretty early in the season and its been warm

[wdswtr]

if they are laying down under the trees its going to rain.LOL.thats what my gramma used to say about cows.

Having 2 farms in the family growing up this phrase might be more common than some think. It was always used around me even to the point of % chance of rain based on number of cows standing and number of them laying down. As I recall it was more accurate than TV. lol.

I was at a Amish farm just a week ago and he brought up this winter. Asked me what TV predicitions are. I had to laugh as NOAA says one thing, Farmers almanac says another and half the meterologist are split on the decision. He laughed pretty good over that, anyhow I asked him his thoughts. He says they area all predicting a pretty similar winter to the last one. Said all the natural signs they are seeing are almost identical to last year. He would not give up this Amish secret to what they use for references. Said they are so confident in there predicitions if they are wrong they will have a very cold winter as they put up enough wood do to what they see. If anything I just found it interesting.

Edited October 15, 2012 by wdswtr

[faihasan]

this year would be colder than last year. Though deers are storing fat to survive the winter.

[sampotter]

A guy can't/won't shave till he gets his Deer !

This is me . I am also a hockey player. Stanley Cup/ big buck, same idea.

[arrow nocker]

my grandma used to also say she "could feel it in her bones" if it was going to rain.I used to laugh but a doctor once told me that with arthritis the barametric pressures and weather changes could affect the feelings when there wasn't any pain killers involved.

She was like 75* black foot indian.She was serious about that sorts of stuff.

[shawnhu]

my grandma used to also say she "could feel it in her bones" if it was going to rain.I used to laugh but a doctor once told me that with arthritis the barametric pressures and weather changes could affect the feelings when there wasn't any pain killers involved.

She was like 75* black foot indian.She was serious about that sorts of stuff.

Cuz it's true. Most eastern countries still practice rain and bad weather via their bones.

[SteveB]

There is a mythical spot below the spine and above the lungs where an arrow can

pass thru and do not damage.

[Guns&ReligionCop]

I tell you have pins in both of shoulders and I can definitely tell when its going to rain

[WNYBuckHunter]

My doe had lots of fat on her.

[faihasan]

i can sense the rain by the wind, the humidity increases a lot before rain. may be its in south asian blood as well...

my grandma used to also say she "could feel it in her bones" if it was going to rain.I used to laugh but a doctor once told me that with arthritis the barametric pressures and weather changes could affect the feelings when there wasn't any pain killers involved.

She was like 75* black foot indian.She was serious about that sorts of stuff.

[jusputtn]

if they are laying down under the trees its going to rain.LOL.thats what my gramma used to say about cows.

Actually, if the cows cluster in tight under a tree there's a good chance that a severe storm is coming in. Trouble is they haven't figured out the relationship between lightening and the tall tree they're clustered under.

[Fletch]

Couple I have heard,

Snow fall will be deep or not so much depending on how high the bees nests are in the trees. I have not seen to much accuracy in this.

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.

[Pygmy]

Here's a couple that don't involve the weather..

A badly wounded deer will go to water...

A badly wounded deer will not go uphill....

Based on following dozens of blood trails over the last 45 years, I have never seen any indication that either one is true.

One thing a wounded deer WILL do is head into thick escape cover, whether it's uphill, downhill or sidehill...

[landtracdeerhunter]

A swarm of bees in May, is worth a load of hay. A swarm of bees in June, is worth a silver spoon. A swarm of bees in July, ain't worth a fly. So true, relating to honey bees.

[Guns&ReligionCop]

Here's a couple that don't involve the weather..

A badly wounded deer will go to water...

A badly wounded deer will not go uphill....

Based on following dozens of blood trails over the last 45 years, I have never seen any indication that either one is true.

One thing a wounded deer WILL do is head into thick escape cover, whether it's uphill, downhill or sidehill...

Wounded anything will get dehydrated. I gut shot a doe 2 years ago found her dead next to a stream with her head in the water downhill from where I shot her. My first buck I got as a kid was a gut shot and he died in a swamp next to a moving stream. My dads Buck last year was a high lung hit that started up hill made a u turn and went down by a stream an died. Pushing swamps rabbit hunting I have found numerous dead deer that had been struck by cars and have had prolonged deaths. I don't believe thats a old wives tail