Weegee
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I have a recurve, so this may be a little different for me than the compound bow hunters: But in any case, what are your tips for hunting in the rain?
Bow hunting in the rain
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tree_ghost
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Bring a rain jacket! Other than that I don't do anything different when recurve hunting vs compound. Just dry out your bow well when you get home.
Smo
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Plastic fletching….
tree_ghost
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I like to use a touch of clear coat spray on my feather fletchings. Repels rain well off them and doesn't change trajectory of the arrow.
A tree umbrella
bloodtrailing
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Best thing is to wait until it quits. Blood trailing is not good in the rain. When you wait adequate time after the shot it gets dicey.
Smo
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I used the spray on shoe waterproofing on my feathers back in the day. The biggest thing is blood trailing when the sign is washed away. If I know it is a good hit, I may start tracking after a few minutes. The risk of pushing a deer vs losing all blood sign due to the rain is a game time decision.
Weegee
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These are some great points and exactly what I was looking for. I was mainly concerned about shooting with a wet string and wet feather fletching. Short of spraying my bow down with a hose I wouldn't be able to replicate those conditions to see what kind of difference it would make.
Heart shot, you'll hear him go down
Grill-n-man
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If you can keep the bow and string as dry as possible. If you have a backup string broke in change the string at the end of the day and let the other dry. Old school hair spray will last about 4-5 hours on your feathers. When done un string bow and let it dry with no weight on the limbs
Carlos
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I don't prefer bowhunting in the rain because of recovery issues.
JAD
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I don't bow hunt if it's raining. Doesn't take much rain to wash away a sparse blood trail.
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Well I almost always enjoy hunting in a light to medium rain because it lets me walk in the woods and be quiet vs loud crunching leaves. I do concur with what others have said about blood trailing, but typically I hear the fall and have a general idea of where they laid down.
Smo
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String wax is your Friend…
Probably wouldn't hurt too put a coat of wax ( not string wax) on the recurve too..
Probably wouldn't hurt too put a coat of wax ( not string wax) on the recurve too..
Light rain/mist, I'll hunt it from a ground or box blind. Anything heavier I stay home during bow only season. And I'll cover my bow with one of those plastic poncho's that you can buy for $1 or so at walmart to keep everything dry walking in/out.
Madbowh
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I won't bow hunt in the rain at all, I do muzzle and gun. Got one in the pouring rain last year at about 10. Blood was starting to wash away he went 40 yards and it took me almost an hour to find him and started looking right away he ran half circle around me I seen was good hit. I've got a tree stand umbrella
Bell3wv
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Neither snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night stays me from climbing a tree with a sharp stick!
Any recs on type or brand? I have to imagine some are better than others.
I have a Hawk wingspan. Works great.
