Weather

Todays topic was recommended to me by a friend and loyal blog follower. The original question was about the effects of frost on hunting but I'm going to go ahead and cover all weather conditions.

First let's talk about temperature. Deer, like most mammals have short hair in the summer and grow longer, thicker hair in the winter.  So this time of year, their winter coat hasn't fully grown yet. This means on particularly cold days they will try to stay moving to generate heat.this is good for hunting. On warmer days they may try to stay cool by being less active.  In the middle of winter when we get a random warm day like 50 degrees our so, you can pretty much forget about seeing much deer activity, that would be like us going out in 50 degree weather in you're warmest winter coat.  Not very comfortable.

Next we'll talk about rain.  Deer will go about their normal routine in light rain, but in heavy rain they won't be active.  However, when a storm is approaching, deer will be very actively feeding in preparation for the storm.after the storm they will once again be very actively feeding to make up for lost time.

Lastly, wind.  You will very rarely see much deer activity on a windy day.the deer can't hear or smell very well in heavy wind and therefore won't be active.  You will occasionally see deer on a windy day but its not likely.

And one final note, deer will be far less active when there is a full moon.  The less moon is visible, the more active they will be.


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