Who hunts in the rain if not in a blind or shooting house?
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philsanchez76
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I did tonight. And I swear as soon as it started coming down all the deer disappeared. I sat out there for the last hour getting soaked with no deer encounters. I don't enjoy the rain, so I try not to hunt in it, but sometimes, November gets the best of me.
If there's a light rain, I'll sometimes hunt out of a quickly set up pop up blind. I killed one of my best muzzleloader bucks on a drizzly morning, and he was the sixth one in line marching after a group of does.
But yes, with a firearm, and good rain gear or a good mobile blind, those drizzly days during the rut are some mighty fine times to be in the woods.
But yes, with a firearm, and good rain gear or a good mobile blind, those drizzly days during the rut are some mighty fine times to be in the woods.
Omega
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Not anymore, but I have hunted rain or shine, snow, and even freezing rain, in the past. Sure wish I had some of these modern blinds back then. Now, I stay in my shoot house, and crank the heater at the slightest chill 
deerhunter10
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Yes, have a great rain suit. Don't do it nearly as much as I used to and only light rain. We have shooting houses but not many and they aren't in our best spots. In the morning if it's light I will be there.
I use one of those tree umbrellas sometimes. It works good for the upper body but your legs still get wet.
I use a tree umbrella and go for it if it's not just terrible.
I do.
peytoncreekhunter
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Not me
A light drizzle is one thing but a steady rain or downpour I'm out. Don't hate em that much anymore.
I might tolerate an AM drizzle if I know it's going to die out pretty quickly but not looking to get soaked.
megalomaniac
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Why would rain bother you in above 35 deg temps? Now I'm scared of lightening and 35+ mph winds... but rain... just doesn't bother me.
Kmushrooman
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Light rain, I will go. Like still hunting in the rain. Good snow, I love to go. My favorite time to hunt is in the snow. I really like going when the leaves are crunchy.
DoubleRidge
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Pouring rain...no...light rain...yes.
But majority of my rainy days are spent in a shooting house now.
As for heavy rains, from the shooting house, I've watched deer bed in thick old field growth and stay in that area for hours. Stand up shake, take a bite or two, bed right back down....hour after hour.
But right after a long heavy rain...clearing skys, temp drop...its on...be there.
Sorry...went off topic a bit...its raining right now and I'll be headed to shooting house shortly.
But majority of my rainy days are spent in a shooting house now.
As for heavy rains, from the shooting house, I've watched deer bed in thick old field growth and stay in that area for hours. Stand up shake, take a bite or two, bed right back down....hour after hour.
But right after a long heavy rain...clearing skys, temp drop...its on...be there.
Sorry...went off topic a bit...its raining right now and I'll be headed to shooting house shortly.
I'm not that interested in them to set in the rain. I'll hunt out of a blind no problem. Actually killed my biggest buck in the rain 3 years ago. But I wasn't sitting in it getting soaked.
It's raining right now. I got up and checked outside and crawled back in bed. If it was rifle season I'd go get up in a blind. But being archery I'll wait until it stops and go in.
It's raining right now. I got up and checked outside and crawled back in bed. If it was rifle season I'd go get up in a blind. But being archery I'll wait until it stops and go in.
I have, and have even sat in the freezing rain. Killed a decent deer a few years ago in freezing rain. I really prefer not to sit in anything more than light drizzle. I really don't like sitting in heavy rain.
Nope, unless in a shooting a house. Now duck hunting in the rain is a different story……
Swampster
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I don't even go out if it is near freezing. Deer or no, I prefer mid 50s to low 60s for hunting with a mild breeze and no precipitation. With the long CWD zone gun season, being retired, and living on my own acreage, I can pick and choose when to go and still get out there as often as I like. Tuesday morning was magnificent even though the only deer I saw were two I bumped on the way back to the road where I parked. Guess they were bedded down about 30 yards from where I spent the morning. They didn't act too panicked.
30-06 type of guy
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It's raining now but I'm up a tree
BSK
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In the past, light rain, yes, heavy rain, no. Heavy user of tree umbrellas. Gone through several. But they aren't going to help much in a downpour or rain with a lot of wind. Now that we have shooting houses for that very purpose (rainy days), yes, I will hunt in any rain.
I have one and have used it a bunch in the past. They work good until it gets windy, or the rain runs down the tree, where your back is lol. Light rain, absolutely I'd use one.
Drizzle in November??? I'm wiping water from my screen to write this.
Same here
Wolverine72
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I use a tree umbrella. I'll bow hunt if rain for sure. Depending on how hard the rain is, I may mzl hunt. I would have been out this morning, but I have an appt I can't miss.
Jim Fred
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Just bought a tree umbrella yesterday and it has worked pretty good this morning.
tree_ghost
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I hunt in the rain all the time. Keep good rain gear in my pack if it's in the forecast.
I do and typically see good deer movement. usually I'm in a shooting house though. I'm an old man…..have paid my dues being out in all weather except downpours. Me and Shopson drove through Tazwell on the way to a Chuck Swan archery hunt once and the thermometer on bank in Tazwell showed 5 degree! I'm pretty sure the ground was snow covered too. We hunted till 1pm and left then cause I had to be back for a Christmas party that nite.
themanpcl
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For me, as long as no lightning, I'm good in the rain. Now if the forecast is for gully washer fr hours, I'll get in at the tail end of the rain. Really never seen a reason to sit in my tree and not be able to see or hear because of a down pour but do love being in position after the rain stops. I don't hunt in a blind or shooting house. May invest in one of those tree umbrellas you attach to the tree over you when in a lock on or ladder. not a lot of help in the saddle though..lol.
