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Offline coyotecrazy

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Whitetails and the rain?
« on: December 06, 2014, 09:06:37 PM »
So a question to you whitey hunters, is it worth sittin in my tree stand in the rain or is it a waste of time for whitetails?

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Re: Whitetails and the rain?
« Reply #1 on: December 06, 2014, 09:18:57 PM »
biggest deer I saw this year was turkey day am, pouring down rain, he was up feeding/cruising with a young buck and doe

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Re: Whitetails and the rain?
« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2014, 09:28:26 PM »
Id be sittin anything less than a full blown down pour.................

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Re: Whitetails and the rain?
« Reply #3 on: December 06, 2014, 09:34:54 PM »
Whitetail Bucks love moving in the rain.  Spend a couple of rainy days in good whitetail country and you will become a believer.  Many of my better bucks were seen or shot during steady rain.  Something about the noise of the rain and the quietness of the woods on a rainy day that make deer much calmer.

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Re: Whitetails and the rain?
« Reply #4 on: December 06, 2014, 09:35:13 PM »
If theres a seqson and a tag in my pocket im out there whenenver possible. Rain or shine. I have seen and killed bucks in rain.

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Re: Whitetails and the rain?
« Reply #5 on: December 07, 2014, 06:11:39 PM »
Between me and my wife we saw 13 deer on Saturday in the rain. Since I'm tagged out I was just getting wet hoping she was going to shoot something and also hoping for a random critter to walk by. She saw 1 buck and I didn't see any. She couldn't get a shot though. Every time she had a good shot a fawn ran in front of him or right behind him I gues. She had fun though she drew 5 different times haha.

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Re: Whitetails and the rain?
« Reply #6 on: December 07, 2014, 06:17:47 PM »
Rain is my favorite weather to hunt whitetails.  A light wind and heavy rain is awesome for whitetails   :tup:
Kindly do not attempt to cloud the issue with too many facts.

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Re: Whitetails and the rain?
« Reply #7 on: December 07, 2014, 06:19:26 PM »
Rain and heavy snow and I am in the woods wether it be whitetails or blacktails!  Wind is a bonus!

 


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