hunting in rain

[BlacktailBowhunter]

Although she only hunted 3 days, my wife had a lot of action in the rain this season and I have numerous trail cam pics of the deer moving during the rain during daylight hours.

What really seems to bugger the deer movement is the wind. Once it gets windy in one of the spots, the deer seem to disapear for a day or two.

[Turner89]

If its raining and you are not seeing them try walking the edge of the timber along a 5-7 year old clear cut.  They dont like the timber in heavy rain and will feed and bed withing 30 yds of timber all day long.

[BGhunter]

I love hunting blacktail in the rain. It seems to push them out into the open but the wind might hurt your chances. I've always had a hard time finding deer and other big game in windy whether.

[rdskns71]

rdskns, we're hunting neighbors. I was in the same area today and only saw two twin fawns, cute little guys. I was skunked the rest of the day and it was MISERABLE. I managed to stay out in it since 6:00 until about an hour ago... (soaked to the bone). It was a good day though. Good to hear you and your son are doing this together, good luck next time! If you're interested I'd be happy to share my spot as I've had little luck and am running out of free time to dedicate to Blacktails. I saw a ton of fresh sign this morning, everything you could hope for beside a Buck. P.S. do you drive a green Subaru?

No I was in a black Toyota Camry today,I also have a blue Datsun pickup that I take out.

if you don't mind telling me your spot I won't turn down the help!  :-)

Yea I'm surprised he has been so interested in hunting,I thought he would get bored with it but letting him use the call seems to keep him satisfied with being ot there

[furiouzgeorge]

My wife freaked when I told her I was thinking of giving up my spot! She's really supportive of my hunting addiction. However one of the fawns I saw yesterday was a buckling and he was a beast so I know the genetics of this particular buck I'm chasing have been spread around plenty. I'll get another shot at one of his kids. I'll PM you with my number and the location. I'll be happy to walk you guys around a bit (because it doesn't look like much until you've crawled through some black-berries!) sometime after next weekend (I'm going Elk hunting in the Olympics). That is of course unless my wife has beaten the idea out of me by then 

[seansfire]

after a nasty day like yesterday would a nice , wind free morning with the clouds breaking up be a good hunting morning or are they still going to be in hiding ? where i am it aint even raining at the moment.

i hear guys say to look for the beds , what kind of terrain would be good to even look in ? thick swampy areas or big tree areas with needle floors , or

[JimmyHoffa]

after a nasty day like yesterday would a nice , wind free morning with the clouds breaking up be a good hunting morning or are they still going to be in hiding ? where i am it aint even raining at the moment.

i hear guys say to look for the beds , what kind of terrain would be good to even look in ? thick swampy areas or big tree areas with needle floors , or

For the beds, I look for the grassy areas.  You can find some areas of grass near the edges of timber, usually I find it in the corners where two timber edges meet.  Also, find grass beds in clearcuts.  Normally, I find the beds in areas that drain well.

[Kowsrule30]

Most beds I find are a pile of rotted stump... Specially cedar... Or an area that's a little elevated covered in needles or leaves... During pouring down rain and wind I've even seen them bed and jumped them outta beds tucked up right under a cedar/western fir trees... The smaller ones where the branches almost touch the ground... Or do...

Walked within 5 feet of the tree.... Thought I heard something... Turned around.. A doe and two fawn were just getting up from their nap under a cedar... The forky I shot this year was bedded within 40 yards of me while I sat on stand for @ 45 minutes under a western hemlock.... No clue he was there till he got up and stepped out... Think he was just as surprised.. 

Really windy conditions they tend to hold up in thick reprod where they don't have to worry about stuff falling on them... Very hard to hunt that... 

[highside74]

Love a little rain. Not a lot of rain.

[rdskns71]

I work third shift, get off at 6am,I am going to go back out when I get of this morning if anyone is interested. Going back to lake Cavanaugh rd unless someone has a better place to try.

[furiouzgeorge]

Sorry Rdskns I haven't had a chance to put a map together for you. I'll try to do that early this week. Good luck!!!

[rdskns71]

Well this is the third day this week I have gone out, and still haven't seen any of those elusive deer! Did some hiking on some logging roads Monday morning, found a clear cut that looked good so sat there last couple days, still nothing. I only get to get out about 2 or 3 hours in the morning, wondering if I'm out too early or even to late. I know they are out there seen a couple scat piles and almost positive I found a spot they were bedding down.

Couple days left to get one hoping the next couple will be better.

[Simcoe hunter]

rdskns71 please continue you story.  Don't hunt your area but am interested in following your exploits.

[Flick N Stick]

I love hunting in the rain for blackies I feel like it gets um movin more, Go get um 

[steeleywhopper]

Saturday was mild weather and very still, only saw 4 does. Sunday was rain and mild wind. Killed my doe at 7:30am and Killed my buck at 10:45am, saw 9 deer other than those killed. My favorite weather for Blackies is wind and rain, I feel it keeps em moving and most of all it will mask your movement better. Saturday the deer had us pegged and all of them saw us before we were able to spot them, quiet woods with no wind and or rain. Sunday was a different story, rain and a little wind allowed us to sneak up on all the deer we saw accept two. For the record I had a"General deer tag" to fill and a "second doe tag" to fill.