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Do you use the weather to your advantage while hunting whitetails? if so how do you do it?
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O’you bet!
When it’s raining I put on my GI poncho with a open sight rifle and my 44 hand cannon and slip thru the woods!
I like hunting in light rain too Clay. Other than that, I try to be in the woods both before and after a weather change, especially a Cold Front. Of course i pay attention to the wind too and this often dictates how and where i'll hunt.
Just like the other statements that were mentioned,I like to be out in the woods when the rain has been coming down in bucket fulls.
To date I've seen some of my biggest bucks in torrential down pours,especially close to the rut.
Also when it rains that hard, set-up near bedding areas,and when there is a lull in the rain, big bucks like to get up and browse ... thump city!
You guys are furtuante to get to hunt when it's raining! Up here in Saskatchewan we hunt in -30. It's good though the deer move to keep warm!
I go whenever I possibly can. Cold front/ even better. Raining, go stalk. Pick the right stand for the wind. Regardless, I gotta' be out there when I get my chances, because work,family,life don't always let me pick and choose the 'best' times.
they will move more in daylight hours when it is cooler. In late season you can focus on the food when its really cold out because they will need more energy to stay warm. Also moon phases play a huge part on deer activity.
no, I simply hunt from where my stand is set up and use scent away I still see deer.
Bucks dislike the rain like we do, so if you can get out there just as the rain is letting up, chances are, they will be out and about trying to make up for lost time.
Some diverse answers here. I was always taught that deer bed down in the rain and wind since it reduces their ability to see and hear danger. Based on some of the responses here I just may change my strategy.
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Just like the other statements that were mentioned,I like to be out in the woods when the rain has been coming down in bucket fulls.
To date I've seen some of my biggest bucks in torrential down pours,especially close to the rut.
Also when it rains that hard, set-up near bedding areas,and when there is a lull in the rain, big bucks like to get up and browse ... thump city!
O’you bet!
When it’s raining I put on my GI poncho with a open sight rifle and my 44 hand cannon and slip thru the woods!
I like hunting in light rain too Clay. Other than that, I try to be in the woods both before and after a weather change, especially a Cold Front. Of course i pay attention to the wind too and this often dictates how and where i'll hunt.
You guys are furtuante to get to hunt when it's raining! Up here in Saskatchewan we hunt in -30. It's good though the deer move to keep warm!
I go whenever I possibly can. Cold front/ even better. Raining, go stalk. Pick the right stand for the wind. Regardless, I gotta' be out there when I get my chances, because work,family,life don't always let me pick and choose the 'best' times.
they will move more in daylight hours when it is cooler. In late season you can focus on the food when its really cold out because they will need more energy to stay warm. Also moon phases play a huge part on deer activity.
no, I simply hunt from where my stand is set up and use scent away I still see deer.
Bucks dislike the rain like we do, so if you can get out there just as the rain is letting up, chances are, they will be out and about trying to make up for lost time.
Some diverse answers here. I was always taught that deer bed down in the rain and wind since it reduces their ability to see and hear danger. Based on some of the responses here I just may change my strategy.
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