Do you hunt in the rain and how did it work out for you

[LJC]

I generally avoid raining days for hunting  just wondering what I'm missing.  Is it any better the same worse on raining days . What do you guys think .

[Hock3y24]

light rain or drizzle are some of the best days i've had in the woods for deer movement (especially the drizzle days). Anything more than that i don't go out. 

[Fletch]

Depends on how rainy and the forcast. A light rain is fine and I see good deer movement. Any downpour or steady rain I completely avoid in bow season due to comfort, low chance of movement and poor tracking ability. I have stillhunted gun in some steady rain as cover to get to bedding areas, not sucessfully though and not overly fun!

[ny hunter]

Same for me light rain or drizzle I'm ok heavy rain I am in the cabin watching a movie.

[LJC]

The times I went out in  rain really only because it started after i was already in woods  or on the way i felt so measurable so I didn't stay out as long as I normally would so  hard for me personally to say one way or the other .

[BigVal]

I shot my first deer in pouring rain but that was also early November... This weekend id probably avoid sitting in anything more than drizzle.

[fasteddie]

A light rain is fine . I think the deer sense that hunter's don't want to get wet and they leave their bedding area to eat . When I first started bow hunting around 1994 , I would pack up and leave when it started to rain . A few times I noticed deer feeding out in fields as I drove down the road . Never got a shot when it was raining but I saw deer movement from my stand . 

[grampy]

Light, intermittent rain or drizzle, works for me. Especially during bow season. But anything more than that, may wash away a bloodtrail. So a steady rain will keep me out of the woods.

[growalot]

Sat in a deluge on  one gun opener at camp...with my new 243 in hand...shot a 6 pt buck..first rifle deer....Strange weather..snow on the ground...rained hard then started snowing again...what a mess!

Last years 8 pt I shot in an early morning snow/rain ..but I was in my new blind then...I've gotten smart over the years...shooting houses and enclosed blinds for wet weather...

[fasteddie]

Just realized this was under gun and rifle hunting . If it had rain forecasted , I would probably be hunting from a Tent Blind or my 2 man chair blind . 

[Adkhunter1590]

I try to get out there as much as I have the opportunity too. Weather can be bummer but I try to make the best of it. If it's a pretty hard steady rain I'm all for sitting in my ground blinds to keep dry. Light rain and drizzle I will just toss on my camo frog toggs and tough it out on stand.

Severe cold I'm also in the ground blind. I need to get another buddy heater this year but even without it, the blind traps in quite a bit of heat from your body and at least keeps the wind chill off you.

All in all I just go with the flow and use equipment to help make it easier to be out there


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[stoneam2006]

As long as it's not pouring I'm out. I like a gentle rain with it dripping on leaves covering my sound and scent. Days like that I leave stand at home and try some spot and stalk...works great during gun someday I'll stick one too

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[philoshop]

A light rain or drizzle makes for excellent still-hunting as it tends to wash your scent to the ground and also covers small noises that you might make. Staying dry is a matter of selecting good gear. Overall, I'll take damp and soggy over a forest floor covered in crunchy cornflake leaves any day.

[nyantler]

I love still hunting in the rain with a gun. It's great for masking noise and reducing scent. I would love to do the same with bow, but I won't take the chance of possible losing a blood trail if I happen to put an arrow in one. It can be hard enough tracking a wounded animal let alone one that has it's blood trail washed away by a good rain. Plus, wooden arrow don't take kindly to getting soaked.

[Core]

29 minutes ago, stoneam2006 said:

As long as it's not pouring I'm out. I like a gentle rain with it dripping on leaves covering my sound and scent. Days like that I leave stand at home and try some spot and stalk...works great during gun someday I'll stick one too

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If it is lightly drizzling this Saturday I think I will do this. I don't have a ground blind or really even a good spot for one, and sitting in a stand getting rained on sounds very unfun. I'd at least like to walk a bit.

[stoneam2006]

If it is lightly drizzling this Saturday I think I will do this. I don't have a ground blind or really even a good spot for one, and sitting in a stand getting rained on sounds very unfun. I'd at least like to walk a bit.

I've had my chances and missed it works and is alot of fun

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[Buckmaster7600]

With a bow I won't hunt in more than a drizzle with a gun the harder the better!


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[Pygmy]

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The blood trail means SOOOOOO much when you are bowhunting......

[Zag]

Yrs ago one thanksgiving day weekend it had rained steady for a couple days, that Saturday am it was still pouring so I put on my waders and rain coat and headed out. I sat against a tree dry as a bone. I ended up taking a big doe that morning.

Truth be told I hate sitting in the rain,

[Jeremy K]

When I first started hunting ,my dad and I tracked a 6 pointer he shot ,it got dark out and started raining, that's when I learned the toilet paper trick for tracking a deer . Good times I'll never forget. 

[PREDATE]

I hunt whenever I can during gun season no matter what the weather is doing.
Bow season I'll spot & stalk in a light rain. Sleet is really good for masking sound, I've walked to within 20yds of feeding bucks while it's sleeting.

[turkeyfeathers]

My days off during gun season are going to get hunted regardless of weather. Sorry to be redundant but camo umbrella was some of the best $ ever spent. I'll screw into the tree above my head in ladder stand and cradle the gun in my lap with backpack under my seat. A corner of zip loc bag from venison jerky I brought or piece of electrical tape has been over  the bore end of my ML on many occasions. So high and dry I am. Have sat many days in drizzle to full out down pour. Have killed deer in the drizzle but never in a deluge. But again , can't kill them sitting on the couch by staying home. 

[LJC]

1 hour ago, turkeyfeathers said:

My days off during gun season are going to get hunted regardless of weather. Sorry to be redundant but camo umbrella was some of the best $ ever spent. I'll screw into the tree above my head in ladder stand and cradle the gun in my lap with backpack under my seat. A corner of zip loc bag from venison jerky I brought or piece of electrical tape has been over  the bore end of my ML on many occasions. So high and dry I am. Have sat many days in drizzle to full out down pour. Have killed deer in the drizzle but never in a deluge. But again , can't kill them sitting on the couch by staying home. 

Lot of times when it rains I drive out to my spot wait in the vehicle  and see if it stops I really don't like getting my guns or bows wet  or walking in slippery mud  then  i think to my self if i shoot one i have to deal with processing dragging a deer out In that weather just don't seem like a good time to me unless I don't have the time to hunt other days I avoid rain . 

[nyslowhand]

If you wear glasses, hunting in the rain can be an issue if sitting in a tree stand. Convinced deer maintain their daily feeding rituals with only a few exceptions; super hot temps, blizzard or high winds. On those days I have the TV remote in my hand!

Edited September 28, 2016 by nyslowhand

[GreeneHunter]

Light rain is fine by me .... it helps to cut down on the " Sound Shooters " ......  LOL