Opening day in the rain

With archery opening here in NC on Saturday I am chomping at the bit to get out, unfortunately the forecast is showing storms in my area, now don't get me wrong it would take a hurricane to keep me out of the woods Saturday morning. I have a nice set up about 15 yards inside the woods off of a corn field in a patch of woods that leads to a swamp, the corn is still up for now, I've had success along cornfields in rain before, in fact my first deer with a bow was on a rainy morning on a corn field. What are your thoughts on hunting in the rain? Where have you found to be the best spot in the rain?

 

I feel ya I'm in North Carolina as well and the forecast shows rain. I'm looking forward to my first hunt in the rain should be an adventure. I will probably learn a lot from it and this thread

 

If it's raining hard, personally I wouldn't go. I always worry that if I shoot something the blood trail will get washed away. I would watch the radar and make sure I was in the stand when it stopped. If it's just a light rain, I would go for sure.

Blessings..........Pastorjim

 

You get to hunt Saturday....I got no further and my jealousy is making it tough to answer you.



































Hunt oak flats is where'd I'd be....if not pouring....if pouring I'd be inside the house.

 

What part of NC?

 

Yeah NC is showing a chance of rain the rest of the week. Mostly afternoon showers nothing crazy. I will be out there!

 

I will hunt in the rain....now if it is storming or a heavy rain i wouldnt go

 

it does show thunderstorms but also a 10 degree drop in temps during the day. That whole chance thing is a funny to could only be night time or early morning showers. I guess we will just have to wait.

 

If it were Wednesday and they were forcasting rain on Saturday you could bet your buns I'd be on Amazon Prime ordering a good set of rain gear so I'd be comfortable on opening day...which reminds me I need rain gear for this year.

 

A very light drizzle or mist usually gets deer on their feet. I personally don't hunt in rain because it will wash away the blood trail resulting in a lost deer. A good time to be on stand is before a weather system moves in or right after the rain stops. I have gun hunted in heavy rain from my box blind, but have never seen much deer movement in heavy rain.