I can only recall ever getting drenched two times while hunting away from home. been washed out within driving distance of home plenty of times, though. :smiley_depressive: well, dammit, you gotta hunt when you can, weather be damned. anyway, while caribou hunting in '98 I sat on the shore of lake in 40 mph winds and driving rain for 10 straight hours at a supposed crossing. never shot an arrow on that trip. one time hunting whitetails in Virginia I sat in a climbing treestand in the Blue Ridge Mts. in the hardest 3 hour long downpour I've ever deer hunted in. I coulda shot an arrow that evening, but thought better than to try it. a 20 yard shot in a cloudburst with matted feathers, soaked finger tab, no chance for a blood trail, and being really pissed at myself for not packing it up after the first hour and first two inches of rain, it just felt like a bad idea. a ten yarder I would have taken. never shot an arrow on that trip, either.
otherwise, every time me and my gear have gotten really wet, we got really dry before trying again. so, to make a long story even longer, I have nothing of relevance to offer you, Brock.
the worst problem I ever had with my bows and arrows not performing like normal was at ETAR about 10 or 11 years ago. I was there helping a friend of mine run his vendors booth during the show ( I got some high dollar Hidden Wolf Woolens for my "trouble". sweeet.) it was friggin hot and humid, like 90+ with 60% RH. My friend and I to a ski lift up the mountain to shoot one the courses late in the afternoon after the vendors all closed up for the day. both of us shooting wooden bows and wood arrows that were not newly made or anything. neither of us could get an arrow to fly straight. our 60+ pound bows turned to noodles. never had that happen to me before or since on a miserable hot day. was weird to say the least. wood bows and arrows stiffen up a bit in super cold every year without fail. my bows will gain 2-3 pound of draw weight in January could as compared to July heat. weather can affect wood, and is something you have to understand if your bow and/or arrow is wood. Is no big deal, but it's real.
