Turkey and the rain??

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So I have a turkey hunt booked for May, I am already wondering if it’s going to rain haha with my luck

How much less likely are you to get a bird in the rain?
 

Pn8hall

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My best turkey hunts have always been in the rain. A full on thunderstorm will shut them down but right after it moves out the hunting heats up. A nice steady drizzle will move birds out of the woods and into the fields where they are easy to setup on. At least where I hunt in northern Missouri this always runs true. Have some good rain gear on hand and settle in for some action. I would pick a nice rainy day over bluebird skies every time. Good luck!
 
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When it rains its easy to find them.. they will be in fields. If there are no fields. Well then they just do what turkeys do.
 

FURMAN

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I have killed more turkeys than I can count but never one in the rain. I have gotten to the point where I will not hunt them on a rainy day. Obviously if you paid for a hunt you are just going to have to hunt if it does rain.
 

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I have killed many in the rain, some in downpours. They usually come in silent though. Now that I am older and more for the experience and less driven for getting a kill, I don't hunt in heavy rain.
 

Chordeiles

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During the rain, hunt fields, power lines, old logging roads, small clearings,etc.

Definitely make a point to be in the woods immediately after the storm passes.
 

xcutter

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I agree when the sun pops out the gobblers usually get fired up. I usually camp out in a pop up blind with decoys then start chasing turkeys when the heavy rain stops.
 

bradb

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fields are real good for turkeys in the rain! Get out and hunt and a ground blind makes it suck A LOT less
 

fatlander

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I’ve killed quite a few of my archery turkeys in the rain. It’s more conducive to that style of hunting, sitting in a field with decoys. Turkeys seek fields during the rain.

If you’re hunting turkeys the traditional way of moving and calling, I wouldn’t sit there just to just soaked and hear nothing. I love turkey hunting but there’s no way I’d sit in a downpour unless in a blind.


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jmez

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0 chance I'll kill one in the rain. I'm a fair weather turkey hunter. Weather affects animals much less than us. Unless it is a full on downpour they'll be out doing turkey things.

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Broomd

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I have em all around me and I watch them daily. Rain is just another day to a turkey.

Rainy weather may in fact help your hunting with the extra dripping noise and rain movement.
 

slatebuilder

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As others have said they seem to show up in fields during light rain around here. Heavy rain seems to make them vanish.
 
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I haven’t had much luck seeing turkeys in the rain. But they sure do gobble when they hear thunder. That’s an impressive sound.
 
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Fields also make sense because I have a hard time placing direction of sound with rain noise in the trees. Not a problem for just a couple hundred yards, but placing the far off gobbles in a patter of drops on leaves feels like I’m just sitting there like a dummy.
 

BuckWild

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If it's not pouring down rain and just a nice little drizzle, the birds usually end up in open fields and allow for a nice little field set up. GOOD LUCK!
 
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