Weather can have a profound impact on a hunter on any given day. Just how much can weather effect deer behavior? Does it really make a difference? The following charts detail what type of weather increases and decreases deer activity in the field.
GOOD WEATHER CONDITIONS
(increased deer activity)
- Barometric pressure of between 29.80 and 30.29
- Puffy, gray altocumulus clouds in the north or northwestern sky, with winds of less than 10 mph coming from the south or southwest
- High, scattered, cotton-like cumulus clouds overhead
- Relative humidity of less than 60 percent
- Red sunset
- New moon
BAD WEATHER CONDITIONS
(decreased deer activity)- Barometric pressure of 29.75 or lower
- Solid, gun-metal gray altostratus clouds accompanied by high southerly winds
- Low, dark gray, rainy nimbostratus clouds accompanied by high southerly winds.
- Lower cirrus clouds (mare's tails)
- Tall, anvil-topped cumutonimbus clouds
- Corona (halo effect) around the moon
- Relative humidity of more than 60 percent
- Yellow sunset
- Full moon
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