Question about turkeys in the rain...

[jblackburn]

If I had an idea of where they headed (usually a field) in the rain, I'd hunt the morning.  I'd take a blind to stay dry and happy and maybe even decoys ( ) and sit there calling every 15 minutes or so in hopes they would show.  Then I would post on OG that I sat in the rain, with no decoys, only yelped three times on a homemade wingbone or better yet, a blade of grass so that others would accept me as a turkey hunter, not a cheater.

I would just claim I went to texas and shot it at 250 yards with a 22-250.

.223 is better, but not out of an AR platform, those black guns kill people!  You're not a real rifle hunter if you use a 22-250, I thought you knew better. 

[Gooserbat]

If I had an idea of where they headed (usually a field) in the rain, I'd hunt the morning.  I'd take a blind to stay dry and happy and maybe even decoys ( ) and sit there calling every 15 minutes or so in hopes they would show.  Then I would post on OG that I sat in the rain, with no decoys, only yelped three times on a homemade wingbone or better yet, a blade of grass so that others would accept me as a turkey hunter, not a cheater.

I would just claim I went to texas and shot it at 250 yards with a 22-250.

.223 is better, but not out of an AR platform, those black guns kill people!  You're not a real rifle hunter if you use a 22-250, I thought you knew better. 

The real deal would use a 22 Hornet and keep their shots inside of 100 yards.

[Timmer]

Morning would be vote 1, unless there are a lots of hens per tom, then I would probably vote for afternoon in the rain.

In my experience they head to the open fields when there is rain but little wind.  If you add heavy wind to that, they wave a magic wand and disappear. 

[WNCTracker]

Wand waived. It was dead out there.

[NJstrutter]

When it rains I definitely see more birds in the fields, especially in the morning. The times that I have hunted in the morning and it was raining the majority of times the birds seem to stay on the roost longer and then hit either nearby fields or open hardwoods. I have heard that the birds feel safer in these open areas. Not sure if this is true, but I have been told birds will also be more likely to hit open fields to feed because a steady rain will saturate the soil causing worms and other insects to come to the surface. 

[tomstopper]

Morning for me. Here in NY, when it rains (as long as its not a total down pour), I love hitting the pipelines. I can glass for miles and run-n-gun along the edges and it has worked well for me in that past.

[CT Spur Collector]

When it rains I definitely see more birds in the fields, especially in the morning. The times that I have hunted in the morning and it was raining the majority of times the birds seem to stay on the roost longer and then hit either nearby fields or open hardwoods. I have heard that the birds feel safer in these open areas. Not sure if this is true, but I have been told birds will also be more likely to hit open fields to feed because a steady rain will saturate the soil causing worms and other insects to come to the surface.

Nail on the head....they are eating, they seem to like to do that.

As far as hunting them.....rain or not....if I have time to do so.....I'M OUT THERE!!!!!  They now make all kinds of great Gore-Tex....get out there!