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Post by dogkiller on Mar 28, 2009 10:51:06 GMT -5
hope i did this poll thing right.sorry if your answer isn't there ;D
i'm curious about this because i hear so many people say they won't go/hunt is ruined because of the rain.
i find that it is a great time to go, especially if the birds are not gobbling or coming to a call. if it's raining the birds will try to stay in the fields . also makes it easier/quieter to slip closer to one.
i don't recommend stalking ,and it is illegal in some states ,but i have taken more than one bird on a dreary day.
i once watched a guy leave a spot when it started raining and after he left i set up in the corner of the field and in 30 minutes had a very nice tom on the ground. it helped that i scout alot before season and know where the birds are gonna be ;D
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Post by huxbux on Mar 28, 2009 11:01:46 GMT -5
I checked "stay home in bed", but that tells only part of the story. When I hunt, I camp. I'm there for at least two days at a time. Turkey season rains usually don't last very long and since Indiana switched to all day hunting, that leaves a you a long, long day to hunt. I wait out the rain and hit the woods immediately after it stops. They usually get real active then. I had to think back to when the hunting hour ended at noon to recall a day that was a complete washout.
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Post by throbak on Mar 28, 2009 11:48:15 GMT -5
Ichecked stay home ,but now the rest of the story. I live where I hunt, can hunt every day, and am retired, and usually do hunt every day but not in the Rain
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Post by danimal8876 on Mar 28, 2009 11:54:33 GMT -5
For me, turkey season is too short to miss a morning because of rain. I always have to take vacation from work for the 1st wed-thur-fri of season and have to stay in a camper 2+ hours from home, so rain or shine, I'm out there. The miserable wet cold days when the birds are quiet sure make me enjoy the nice warm sunny days more.
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Post by Woody Williams on Mar 28, 2009 12:02:56 GMT -5
Rain?That is what GoreTex rainsuits and pop up blinds are made for.  Wind, heavy rain, thunder and lightening stay home. Steady light rain. Set up on fields and kill 'em....
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Post by firelt72 on Mar 28, 2009 13:39:12 GMT -5
I killed my bird 2 season ago and the day started rainy..I almost stayed in bed, but said I can't kill one here. I went out and one came home for dinner!
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Post by bomonster on Mar 28, 2009 14:15:43 GMT -5
That's what they made the pop up blind for isn't it.
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Post by schall53 on Mar 28, 2009 14:18:53 GMT -5
I killed my bird last year in a thunderstorm. I was out about 3 hours in a pop up blind during a light rain. I had called it a day and was just about to the truck when a loud thunder clap made a tom shock gobble. I moved toward him set up and called. He answerd and came in like he was on a string. That was the first gobble I had heard all day, once he started with the thunder he wouldn,t shut up til I shut him up.
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Post by oggie on Mar 28, 2009 16:27:36 GMT -5
Just change my tactics and go sit in the pop up blind I set up before season.
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Post by woodmaster on Mar 28, 2009 16:57:52 GMT -5
The 2nd bird I ever killed was in a downpour.
I drove an hour to my spot and never heard a bird on the roost. About 7 am it started to thunder and I had 3 birds gobble within 150 yards. Within minutes it started to pour and I headed to the field. Within 1/2 hour I was toting a 2 year old bird to my truck.
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Post by hunter7x on Mar 30, 2009 7:58:35 GMT -5
I would much it be raining and put them in the fields than bright hot sunshine and try to find non talkitive birds who knows where.
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Post by hoosierhunter9 on Mar 31, 2009 9:29:49 GMT -5
I also camp 2 1/2 hours from home to hunt.I usually take my son
down for the youth weekend and arrange a ride home for him so
I can stay.I will be in the woods as long as there is no close lightning from sunup to sundown every day until I get a bird and those with me get a bird.
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Post by rivrbottmstalkr on Mar 31, 2009 12:57:26 GMT -5
I'm lucky enough to live where I hunt, but I still don't like to miss a day of turkey season. I even work 2nd shift, so I have every morning open to hunt. I killed the biggest bird of my life in 07' in the middle of a nasty down pour. I say go get'em. Those birds live outside their whole life, they gotta be used to adverse weather.
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