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ba24 · Veteran Member

Cloudy or Sunny days

BBOutdoors · Member

Here we have to go with very clear and the colder the better, and here cold comes with clear. And my thinking is they act like Coots. They gather heavy and very close together at night the colder it gets. They seem to be more spread out in the area on milder mornings. For some reason here heavy clouds or the threat of rain they stay on the the mountain sides and are very stubborn to leave them. I always figured that they stayed in the safety of the woods in case their feathers get saturated. The weather breaks, sun comes out bright and shiny, they start mobbing the fields. I've also noticed the colder mornings, the larger the murders, and it may also be a personal preference, but I want them to come in five or less at a time. I may be way off base with my thinking, but our best numbers always come on cold clear days. And looking at the Texas Crow Patrols website pictures, look at the sky in their photos. Figured they would pull for clear skys after seeing those monster shoots. wink And on a side note, Man I like Texas. They go by the golden rule. Golden Rule= Do not mess with my family ,my home, my horse and my gun.

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wingding · Veteran Member

My best is been on blue bird with light winds and a frost on.

Gadget Bob · Guru

Hi BA24,

I prefer a heavy overcast (cloudy) day. Easier on my eyes and easier to spot crows way out. I think crows generally fly better on such days, too.

Regards,

Lone Star Phil · Senior Member

I concur with Gadget!

No bird moves against a leaden sky without the TCP acquiring the target. Sunny days bring beneficial shadows but I'll smile on a gray day, anyday!

Phil

Buckshot1822 · Senior Member

Gadget Bob wrote:
Hi BA24,
I prefer a heavy overcast (cloudy) day. Easier on my eyes and easier to spot crows way out. I think crows generally fly better on such days, too.
Regards,

I would agree also, on sunny days I get a lot of high flyers that are reluctant to commit to any spread.....

ba24 · Veteran Member

Thanks guys, just wanted to hear some other opinions/observations. I have had much better luck(success) on cloudy days and I'm off tomorrow with a mostly cloudy forecast. Should be the first cloudy day hunt I've had in 3 weeks. Can't wait.

NGillespie10 · Senior Member

make sure to post pictures and a report

Mainehunt · Guru

My absolute best days have been when it is so foggy you can't see more than about 40 yards. We have had 3 of these magical hunts.

I like cloudy over sunny days.

BBOutdoors · Member

Wingding from Georgia goes for clear as do I. South eastern Crows are fair weather birds it appears.

Redditch · Guru

I find cold frosty days with wind are best, but still foggy and crisp days are also good. Generally, if it's cold, it'sgood. Too much rain and you get few birds, and it knackers your kit too

-- Edited by Redditch on Thursday 7th of February 2013 02:53:24 PM

Mike27 · Senior Member

Cloudy always wins no matter what I am hunting.

Mike

-- Edited by Mike27 on Thursday 7th of February 2013 10:45:37 PM

jonthepain · Guru

Mainehunt wrote:
My absolute best days have been when it is so foggy you can't see more than about 40 yards.

dittos

Mainehunt · Guru

The day that we killed over a hundred, my avatar photo, it was freezing rain that changed to snow and then cleared off to bright sunshine. As soon as the sun came out, the crows stopped flying.

nhcrowshooter · Guru

What does it matter? I go anytime the season is open sunny day or cloudy, as long as it's not snowing hard or raining or below zero. I LIKE cloudy days because it's annoying to look to the east with prevailing westerly winds on a sunny morning. The best days are ALWAYS during the fall migration when the wind is out of or quartering out of the north cloudy or sunny. Those will be the days of big kills.

Redditch · Guru

Only thing that stops me is heavy rain, because it knackers my equipment, and the fields being like bogs means I get absolutely covered in mud

Elkhunter · Senior Member

Here in Bama it seems cloudy is better than clear. Cold is good. Light wind is good. Fog is horrible.

M12Shooter · Guru

Cloudy days are better for me. No sun or glare in my eyes and/or off a shooters face. I'll shoot crows any day though smile

Ted

8fishermen · Guru

Elkhunter wrote:
Here in Bama it seems cloudy is better than clear. Cold is good. Light wind is good. Fog is horrible.

Agreed,

except we love fog.

jonthepain · Guru

8fishermen wrote:
we love fog.

+1

the thicker the better

ba24 · Veteran Member

Update; last week in the clouds we got 25 and, sad to say, at least that many misses. Sat until dark so didn't get any good pictures. Hunted yesterday in the bright sunshine and only got 8. Didn't see half the birds from the previous week and they a lot stayed up high. This year I'm hunting this spot once a week so it gets a good break. Previous totals were 30, 20 and 19 which is good for this area. Last year I hunted it pretty hard and couldn't total more than 10 on any one particular day so letting it "breathe" has been paying off. If for nothing else, I would choose hunting on cloudy days just because it is easier on the eyes. What a headache from looking up in the bright sky for a few hours.

-- Edited by ba24 on Friday 15th of February 2013 01:17:56 PM

chip · Guru

Clouds for me, a feller can stay hid a whole lot better, no shadows. Wind is my enemy anything above 12 mph biggrin

Augustus Mcrea never keered much fer wind niether, women and whiskey all he ever keered bout..................................

Bob · Guru

While cloudy days are good days to hunt in I have had some of the largest shoots in both sunny or cloudy types of days. I think it's more a matter of being in the right spot that particular day.

Bob A.