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Whitetail hunting the rain

TexanSam

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Who has had success hunting whitetails on rainy days? It's been dry as a bone here for a while, I've finally been seeing buck signs slowly start to pop up. Hoping this cold front and potentially the rut kicking off will make some deer move. The days I have allocated solely to deer hunting look like it is going to be raining. I don't necessarily think it is going to stop me from hunting, I just might have to wear rain clothes.
 
I hunt as long as it's not pouring. Need to be able to blood trail so no iffy shots.
One of those Treebrellas in addition to good rain gear works pretty good on rainy days.

I think deer seem to be more at ease and move around a bit more when it's dark and raining.
 
If I'm prepared to sit all day and stay fairly dry then I'll sit all day. There are good arguments to be made for still hunting during the rain...lots of extra sounds from raindrops and it quiets down vegetation.

This is true on a windy day too. Lots of movement and noise and you have a lot better chance of sneaking up on something.
 
I usually still hunt so I love hunting whitetails in the rain. I got the buck in the photo right before dark and it had rained all day. The cap didn’t ignite the powder so I had to duck down behind a windfall, put a new cap on, then cautiously raise up far enough to get a shot at the white patch on his throat as he was looking to see what the “pop” had been.

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I like to go slippin in the rain. I also like to sit in a shooting house during the rain.

One morning, I was slippin along in the rain, when lightning just flashed real close. This one stood up out of his bed and I shot him.
 

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