Hunting in the Rain- do you cover your barrell?

[BDeal]

Great point!! What kind of tape do you use for your rifles?

[jdl80]

I carry a small roll of e tape for heavy rain, usually I'll just keep the gun under my poncho though. Ring bulge can be an expensive and annoying hard lesson to learn..

[vt35mag]

One strip of electrical tape over the end of the barrel and one around the diameter of the barrel to keep the one going over the end from coming off

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[2eagles]

Was a waterfowl hunting fool, if it's raining, I hunt. In 60 years, I've never worried about my shotgun getting wet.
When I get home, I take it completely apart and wipe it dry. If the gun is really wet, I'll blow the water out the canned air. Light oil when it's completely dry. Repeat tomorrow.

[deathfoot]

I don't. And I'll hunt in any rain, thunderstorm, snow, whatever. When I'm traveling it seems to like to rain wherever I'm at so I'm gonna be out there in it. I don't cover my barrel, I hunt as normal. I wipe it down when I get back for the day. After the season, I'll clean my guns real good and don't even give it a second thought. But that's just me

[High plains drifter]

I don't hunt in rain.

[Number17]

I've killed several turkeys during rain storms and hunt in the rain every year. Never once gave a second thought to water getting down my barrel. When I pull the trigger it's going for a ride just like the rest of the contents in the barrel.

[g8rvet]

Was a waterfowl hunting fool, if it's raining, I hunt. In 60 years, I've never worried about my shotgun getting wet.
When I get home, I take it completely apart and wipe it dry. If the gun is really wet, I'll blow the water out the canned air. Light oil when it's completely dry. Repeat tomorrow.

Amen.  My goodness, duck hunting would be impossible if it mattered with a shotgun.  I have hunted in frog stangler in the MS delta in waist deep water and it was one of those rains where it was coming up almost as hard as it was coming down.  As soon as the rain stopped we had Woodies and Mallards in our lap.

This year, sat under an umbrella until the rain passed, as soon as the sky cleared, we heard gobbles and withon 45 minutes had tow dead birds in front of us. Never gave a worry about the guns.  Just cleaned them off when we got home.  Great nephew had youth 870 and I had CZ over under. Both guns barked and both birds flopped. 

I do however take precautions when hunting with muzzleloader in the rain.  It is a 209 primer, so mostly just worry about the barrel.