308-MIKE
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Sitting at work watching it rain, was thinking it would be a good day to hog hunt, with the rain to cover sound and scent. What do some of you more experienced hog hunters think?
Sitting at work watching it rain, was thinking it would be a good day to hog hunt, with the rain to cover sound and scent. What do some of you more experienced hog hunters think?
My Dad always said they liked the rain. Easier rooting & brings grubs/worms up. Don't know if that is true, but it makes sense to me.
cover sound yes, cover scent no way. They will smell you much quicker with wet conditions than dry. Anytime you have high humidity scent is magnified and scent hangs low to the ground vs. rising when it dry. Try this: smell the back of your hand, now lick it and smell it again. Much stronger when it's wet? Think about smoke coming out of a chimney on a rainy day, it will go down instead of up. With that being said, I love hunting in a light rain or just after. Just keep the wind in your face and go getum. I don't think the hogs pay no attention to light rain at all. Probably not heavy rain either but it's just uncomfortable for us to be out in hard rain.
My Dad always said they liked the rain. Easier rooting & brings grubs/worms up. Don't know if that is true, but it makes sense to me.