When the weather keeps you from hunting...

Weather so nasty you cant hunt? hmm never seen that in the 15yrs of hunting on the coastal jungles of washington state, just another normal stormy day haha

Thunderstorms certainly keep me out of the field or woods, and ice keeps me out of tree stands.
And there are times when the weather keeps even the critters hunkered down.

I'm a duck hunter. I thrive in crappy weather.

I have my Non-Resident License, for the Pennsylvania deer season. We are driving up to the BIL house from Florida for Thanksgiving dinner, then to his cabin in the mountains. The weather looks iffy for the drive. We were planning on leaving, Tuesday morning. He called this morning and said that it was (-)2 degrees at the cabin.

I really don't want to drive in freezing rain and ice, my wife already has her mouth poked out. We will make the final call tomorrow afternoon.

I haven't deer hunted since I moved to Florida in 2003. My Rem 700, 308 has been zeroed for 150 yards, using 43.2GR. of RL15 and 165GR. Sierra Spitzers.

Me and some buddies went out this weekend north Wisconsin. -2 air temp -17 wind chill. I only had to sit a couple hours before I shot a little 6pt basket rack. Sitting in those temps are pretty much impossible.

The only bad weather out here is when the wind blows, which is mostly all the time. When the wind blows the quail stay on the ground and run, in front of the dog until they get up out of range. Smart little critters. Other than that, down here, it's nice to hunt when it's cool and the wind ain't blowing.

CaptHank said:

I haven't deer hunted since I moved to Florida in 2003. My Rem 700, 308 has been zeroed for 150 yards, using 43.2GR. of RL15 and 165GR. Sierra Spitzers.

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There are deer in Fla. They're small but they're here. Try it, you may like it.

gspn,
I know what your saying. When the temp would hit -10 deg I would stay at the camp and watch out the back window. When the wind started howling louder and the snow started blowing harder, I'd just throw another log on the fire and take another sip of coffee.