There's been a couple of days I've turkey hunted that I should have just stayed in bed. Last year season one (only 4 days long in Iowa) there was 4-5 inches of new slushy snow on the ground. I left early, but was almost hit head-on by a driver who lost control of his car. Thankfully he went safely into the ditch. After helping as much as I could, I continued to my spot and spent a miserable day hunting. No signs of turkeys that day, but I filled my tag the next day. Another opener hurricane force winds were blowing that morning. When a large limb crashed down feet from my blind, I decided to run home with my tail between my legs.
Next time the weather is that bad ----- I'm going hunting!
Usually the only thing that runs me back to the truck is lots of lightning.I'm not afraid to admit that stuff scares me to death.Rain,wind,sleet,snow,hail,its all good;but lightning no can do!
Quote from: jakesdad on March 29, 2015, 09:25:36 PM
Usually the only thing that runs me back to the truck is lots of lightning.I'm not afraid to admit that stuff scares me to death.Rain,wind,sleet,snow,hail,its all good;but lightning no can do!
:agreed:
Quote from: jakesdad on March 29, 2015, 09:25:36 PM
Usually the only thing that runs me back to the truck is lots of lightning.I'm not afraid to admit that stuff scares me to death.Rain,wind,sleet,snow,hail,its all good;but lightning no can do!
Amen to that. Don't play with no lightening! My first year hunting but any day in the woods has to beat a day in the office, no matter the conditions.
Lightning is not good. I've rode out about all kinds of weather turkey hunting here in OK ant the things that get me spooky are tornadoes, lightning and Big hail
Another vote for lightning. Just don't like the thought of holding a metal rod in my hands or over my shoulder during that scenario.
If I can hunt that day I will. If it's raining I head to a field or wait it out in a good spot. A few years ago a buddy and I snuck up on a bird that had only answered us once before the rain started heavy. We popped up out of a little ravine and there he was with a wing over his head. He peaked out surprised to see us as much as we were to see him, just in time for 2oz. of #4's to hit him at 7 yards, the wad actually bounced of his head. I've had too much good luck on days that my initial gut feeling told me to go home.
I don't do lightning myself, but it is usually short lived....then back to the woods I go!!!!!
Lightening makes me nervous as well...
Spent some time scuba diving during some lightening storms... Pretty spectacular to see lightening strikes in the ocean... Pretty unnerving to be bobbing around out there waiting for the boat to pick you up, or worse, making a long scramble along the beach carrying a scuba tank and pole-spear...
Only thing that runs me back to the truck is lighting or if some how I forgot my thermo cell.
Ditto here, no lightening for me. I will hunt almost any other weather, the birds are there. Just our job to find them and work them.
that day when lightning was hitting a little closer than id liked it to. it is one heck of a locator call.
Holy shoot guys, lightning is normally occampanied by thunder. That makes birds go freakin nuts. I'd sneak out of a hospital to hunt the second Thunder and lightning stopped if I wasn't already in it. Stay safe but Thunder to me is the best locator and it makes em nuts.
Quote from: Gooserbat on March 29, 2015, 10:52:29 PM
Lightning is not good. I've rode out about all kinds of weather turkey hunting here in OK ant the things that get me spooky are tornadoes, lightning and Big hail
I'll add 75+ mph straight line winds, that was as scary as a tornado. Then there were the old people making out in the Perkins walk-in cooler . . . . Why do so many strange things happen when we hunt together!?!
Carry a one iron....
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I have experienced moth ball size hail one year while I was about a mile into the woods. Thank goodness for the deer camp nearby where I hung out under the porch until it let up. I resumed hunting that day but unfortunately, I did not get a bird.