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Do you hunt in the rain?
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11/19/14 11:48 AM
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I was planning on heading to my lease in Coleman County on Friday but now see that it is supposed to rain all night and all day Saturday. I have never had much luck hunting in the rain. What do you think? who out there has luck hunting in the rain. would you go or would you hold of another week.
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Re: Do you hunt in the rain?
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11/19/14 11:56 AM
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I do, but as a rule I dont have much luck but then;; http://www.texashuntingforum.com/forum/ubbthreads.php/topics/5401882/Re:_Cherokee_co_10pt_down#Post5401882
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Re: Do you hunt in the rain?
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11/19/14 12:08 PM
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Re: Do you hunt in the rain?
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11/19/14 12:24 PM
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If you stay home it won't rain a drop at your place...
Past performance is the best predictor of future behavior.
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Re: Do you hunt in the rain?
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11/19/14 01:33 PM
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I would go and see what happens. I go out in all elements
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Re: Do you hunt in the rain?
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11/19/14 01:34 PM
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If I have planned to go and it starts to rain, I stick to my plans. Of course, there is a difference between a sprinkle and a deluge
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Re: Do you hunt in the rain?
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11/19/14 01:39 PM
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Yes. A light rain won't bother them at all. If it's a heavy rain, I still go and try to be hunting when the rain stops. That is a key time.
Especially this time of year as the bucks are up as much as possible anyway.
I learned long ago you can't reason someone out of something they don't reason themselves into.
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Re: Do you hunt in the rain?
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11/19/14 01:39 PM
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A light, cold rain gets makes them hungry and gets them to moving, especially will it breaks for brief periods during the day.
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Re: Do you hunt in the rain?
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11/19/14 01:40 PM
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At worse you get to rest, and relax
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Re: Do you hunt in the rain?
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11/19/14 02:03 PM
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Yes. A light rain won't bother them at all. If it's a heavy rain, I still go and try to be hunting when the rain stops. That is a key time.
Especially this time of year as the bucks are up as much as possible anyway. this
hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: Do you hunt in the rain?
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11/19/14 02:07 PM
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Short of a turd floater hunting the rainy days can be great. Two of my personal best came on rainy days. One was on a cold drizzly morning and the other was a warm steady morning rain. If you get lucky and it rains all night and most of the next day be in the stand when it stops. GO TIME!
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Re: Do you hunt in the rain?
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11/19/14 02:10 PM
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All three of my "trophy" WT bucks have been shot in a drizzle/light rain. So, you can bet I'm out in it! Don some rain gear and get out there.
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Re: Do you hunt in the rain?
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11/19/14 02:32 PM
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If it is hunting season and I can hunt, I don't care what the weather is doing. I am there.
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Re: Do you hunt in the rain?
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11/19/14 02:32 PM
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Yeah I am watching the weather. It calls for 100% chance starting 9 or 10 friday night and not stopping until 7 or 8 on saturday. Then the wind picks up sunday early with strong gusts.
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Re: Do you hunt in the rain?
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11/19/14 02:43 PM
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If its a turd floater with lightning I will stay in camp, but when it starts slacking off its to the stand I go. I will be at lease wether I get to hunt or not. Away from the hustle and bustle of work and honeydo's
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Re: Do you hunt in the rain?
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11/19/14 02:48 PM
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i plan on being in the stand as it lets up Saturday.
once the rain slows the deer are moving on my land, tracks and cam pics prove it...
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Re: Do you hunt in the rain?
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11/19/14 02:57 PM
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As long as I am in a blind, in my high rack, not so much anymore.
How come everybody I meet is a deer hunting expert?
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Re: Do you hunt in the rain?
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11/19/14 03:31 PM
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Every deer is different in how they react to rain from what I have seen. I prefer a light drizzle on a low 40's temp day during the rut. My cousin killed a really nice 8 point this past Saturday morning in those conditions. A rain early in bow season to cool things off seems to be good for me. Also something about a rain in South Texas that just gets deer moving around much more than they normally would. I watched a mature really big buck and another good buck feed on corn along a road for almost 1 1/2 hours in a hard rain one afternoon in early season. It was not raining when he came out but he did not leave when it started. It rained about 2.5" inches in 4 hours that afternoon.
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Re: Do you hunt in the rain?
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11/19/14 03:45 PM
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Make sure to go High Shoulder or neck shot.....rain and blood trails are kinda iffy!
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Re: Do you hunt in the rain?
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11/19/14 04:53 PM
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I will be wearing my rain gear. I love it when it comes a gully-washer over night. It does make it hard to get out of bed when it still coming down, but you want to be in place when it stops.
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Re: Do you hunt in the rain?
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11/19/14 04:55 PM
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Oh, but stay off the lightning rods 15' tripods if there is thunder. 
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Re: Do you hunt in the rain?
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11/19/14 05:19 PM
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Oh, but stay off the lightning rods 15' tripods if there is thunder.  X2
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Re: Do you hunt in the rain?
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11/19/14 05:21 PM
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I love the rain. Not so much thunder storms, especially toting around a lightening rod (rifle). I will be out there this weekend, hoping the TS aren't too bad and end early enough to hunt. TS supposed to start on Friday and end Sat evening in my area.
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Re: Do you hunt in the rain?
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11/19/14 05:29 PM
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Get out there! Sometimes even a 10-15 minute break in the rain gets 'em moving.
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Re: Do you hunt in the rain?
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11/19/14 05:30 PM
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lightning is the only thing that stops me 
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