Whats everyones thoughts on bowhunting in the rain?
I personally find that days with light rain or just steady rain to be very sucessful for hunting mature bucks. Not only does it knock your scent down but I think mature bucks tend to move more in it. Ive noticed mature bucks pattern us just as much as we pattern them, on days where its raining they know the chance of human pressure is knocked way down and tend to move a little more. Usually i dont see many, if any other deer on these days except the target buck im after. On days where its raining hard I tend to scout out of my truck of just see what the cams tell me the following day. Also hunting before and after pressure fronts are great times to get deer on their feet but Ive been hearing more and more about mature bucks killed in inclament weather.
I personally find that days with light rain or just steady rain to be very sucessful for hunting mature bucks. Not only does it knock your scent down but I think mature bucks tend to move more in it. Ive noticed mature bucks pattern us just as much as we pattern them, on days where its raining they know the chance of human pressure is knocked way down and tend to move a little more. Usually i dont see many, if any other deer on these days except the target buck im after. On days where its raining hard I tend to scout out of my truck of just see what the cams tell me the following day. Also hunting before and after pressure fronts are great times to get deer on their feet but Ive been hearing more and more about mature bucks killed in inclament weather.