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Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: PWN Kurt on August 25, 2008, 11:26:44 AM

Title: Any luck in the rain?
Post by: PWN Kurt on August 25, 2008, 11:26:44 AM: I tried a couple areas this weekend. Saturday was much hotter than I expected, and I ended up scouting more than hunting...gettting ready for Sunday. Then Sunday rained like heck...the camper has a couple new leaks! I didn't even try hunting in it.

Did anyone else get out and have more luck than me?

How do y'all cope with rainy hunting days?

Kurt
Title: Re: Any luck in the rain?
Post by: saylean on August 25, 2008, 11:40:17 AM: Dad and brother went out Sunday...no luck...I think they said they saw a frog...that was it.
Title: Re: Any luck in the rain?
Post by: Ray on August 25, 2008, 11:57:49 AM: It didn't rain on us until we went north. We didn't get a bear. Some other guys who were up in the same area as us got one. Saw another one which was hit by a car.

I don't like hunting in the rain much. I just took a chance that we would be south enough to miss the rain on Sunday. It was a lucky chance since I believe the weathermen around here don't know much about predicting weather sometimes.
Title: Re: Any luck in the rain?
Post by: Skyvalhunter on August 25, 2008, 12:05:44 PM: I was out hiking in the Alpine Lakes Wilderness area this weekend and saw a nice bear and goat. Problem was he was about 10 miles back so I took some pics and watched him feed. Luckily we made it back to the vehicle just as the rain started.
Title: Re: Any luck in the rain?
Post by: 75johndeere on August 25, 2008, 12:34:22 PM: i went sunday in the rain didn't see any bear i did see 5 blacktails and a heard of about 18 or so elk
Title: Re: Any luck in the rain?
Post by: Bscman on August 25, 2008, 03:17:58 PM: Most of the bear I've come across have been on dryer days...never seen one in a downpour. Not scientific, or helpful...just my experience.

Blacktails, on the other hand, seem to come out in full force when it's dumping buckets.
Title: Re: Any luck in the rain?
Post by: Bofire on August 25, 2008, 06:27:08 PM: :dunno: You are talking about Washington State???? Not hunting in the rain????? uhh yeah
Carl
Title: Re: Any luck in the rain?
Post by: billythekidrock on August 25, 2008, 06:33:33 PM: Quote from: Bofire on August 25, 2008, 06:27:08 PM
:dunno: You are talking about Washington State???? Not hunting in the rain????? uhh yeah
Carl

LOL.

Yea, the critters live in it all year long.
Title: Re: Any luck in the rain?
Post by: Ray on August 25, 2008, 06:47:36 PM: Still looking for the post where someone said "not hunting in the rain" :dunno:
Title: Re: Any luck in the rain?
Post by: billythekidrock on August 25, 2008, 07:53:59 PM: Quote from: Ray(huntwa) on August 25, 2008, 06:47:36 PM
Still looking for the post where someone said "not hunting in the rain" :dunno:

LOL
Probably me. I usually don't hunt bear in the rain.
Title: Re: Any luck in the rain?
Post by: PWN Kurt on August 25, 2008, 10:52:09 PM: A steady drizzle aint too bad if you have a warm dry camper or cabin to come back to. It's just when its pissing sideways and the salmon are crossing over the road (I've seen it!) that I think hunting better left for another day.

I've decided to do away with gore-tex and go with old fashioned rubber slickers when it's raining hard and it does seem to keep me a little bit drier.

And hey...sometimes its tough hunting when its too dry and hot too. I make too much noise and sweat too much.
Title: Re: Any luck in the rain?
Post by: billythekidrock on August 26, 2008, 06:09:58 AM: Quote
It's just when its pissing sideways and the salmon are crossing over the road (I've seen it!) that I think hunting better left for another day.

Sounds like a typical coastal elk season. :chuckle:
Title: Re: Any luck in the rain?
Post by: American Rattlesnake on August 27, 2008, 04:27:57 PM: Quote
Sounds like a typical coastal elk season. :chuckle:

Heck, that sounds like my High Buck hunt last year on the Peninsula. In September. :chuckle: Fun times. ;)
Title: Re: Any luck in the rain?
Post by: markts on August 27, 2008, 04:57:17 PM: I have yet to see a bear out in the rain, shot one years ago right after it quit. :hello: For the life of me cant figure it out. The sure seem to love the sun. :dunno:
Title: Re: Any luck in the rain?
Post by: billythekidrock on August 27, 2008, 07:31:57 PM: Quote from: markts on August 27, 2008, 04:57:17 PM
I have yet to see a bear out in the rain, shot one years ago right after it quit. :hello: For the life of me cant figure it out. The sure seem to love the sun. :dunno:

Yep. Seems like they come out and sun themselves on a log deck while overlooking a feeding area.
Title: Re: Any luck in the rain?
Post by: BC CHASER on August 27, 2008, 07:50:57 PM: A few years ago we shot one in the middle of a thunder storm and it was pouring down. We caught him walking on a skidder road.