Hunting Washington Forum
Big Game Hunting => Bear Hunting => Topic started by: PWN Kurt on August 25, 2008, 11:26:44 AM
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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
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Dad and brother went out Sunday...no luck...I think they said they saw a frog...that was it.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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:dunno: You are talking about Washington State???? Not hunting in the rain????? uhh yeah
Carl
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: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.
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Still looking for the post where someone said "not hunting in the rain" :dunno:
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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.
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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.
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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:
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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. ;)
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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:
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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.
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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.