Rain or Thunderstorms tactics

[turkaholic]

I have killed birds in the rain. I had one of the craziest days with an approaching thunder storm and will never forget it. My son and I were in NY and every time the thunder went off we had gobbles coming from all directions. Called one in and shot it, while we were taking pics 2 more birds came in and ran right at us. Could have easily shot another but we just sat and watched the show. Most amazing day ever in 32 years. My son and each got a bird and watched 3 more rush in 15 minutes. After the rain hit it shut down. I will never miss a good thunder hunt if I can help it. No one likes the rain but birds are still out there rain or shine and they Still play the game.

[yelpy]

My most favorite time to hunt birds is in the rain or at the tail end of a nasty thunder storm. They just light up after the storm goes through. I've killed many birds in the pooring rain and a couple at the tail end of a thunderstorm. I actually shot more wet birds than dry ones.

I hunt field edges during and just after a good storm. If it's going to be closer to roost time when the storm is quitting I just hunt between the fields and the roost.

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[Jrkimbrough]

Same as everyone else has said. I like to run gun in the rain, slip around inside the woods and find birds in fields. The wet leaves are quiet and there is more motion and noise than normal so you are able to slip around much easier and quickly.

I don't mind rain but I don't play around with lightning!  Had to leave a bird yesterday evening  I'd been working in a field for 1 1/2 hours at 75 yrds because a storm was rolling in and I was two miles from truck that I had to walk across open ag fields. I was high tailing it to say the least!

[Greg Massey]

Just depends on how much pressure you have put on the birds if you hunt them in the rain ... might be best to back out that day and let the bad weather pass... i don't do lightning myself ... light rain showers are fine ... but you can kill them in the rain for sure ...maybe you need a backup plan and hunt from a blind on those rainy days ....