Does poor weather stop you from hunting or are you like the mailman, niether snow, nor rain, nor heat will stop you? Is there a weather limit for you? What if it is too hot, does that keep you from going hunting?
If the weather rolls in, it's not going to stop me from hunting (unless it's a severe snow storm, that won't let my vehicle even get close to the hunting area).
A few years ago, I spent 4 days huddled under a tarp in the "shanty town" my hunting party built. The temperature was
barely above freezing during the day, and we had constant rain - often
massive downpours. Then, of course, the temperature would drop to around 20 degrees at night. We wanted the tent to remain dry, and tried to stay out of it as much as possible. So, when we weren't grabbing firewood from one lean-to tarp shelter to stack under the one we huddled under, we were digging trenches and drainage ditches for the runoff. It was a miserable trip, but we stuck it out for the -maybe- 6 hours of hunting we got in over those 4 days (lighter periods of rain - it never stopped).
Snow? Hah! Snow is a blessing for most of the hunting I do. I'd rather hike and hunt in an active snow storm, than be moving through it with clear skies. It makes a good hunter nearly silent, and allows them to creep deep into the 'hides' the game are using. And if it's the first snow of the year, it's easy to figure out where the animals will be going - to lower elevation
.
Too hot? For small game, I'll time my hunting activities to avoid the hottest part of the day. For big game, there's a lot of water consumed.
I did have to cut an Elk hunt short in 2001, due to weather. It was caused by the 2WD cargo van I was driving, though. We got hit by a massive snow storm, and I had to get that ungainly thing off the mountain before it was entombed until spring. The area would be closed a week later (for 8 months), and it would have taken far longer than a week for enough snow to melt for a wrecker to pull me out (more than 18" fell in the first hour, and the storm was supposed to last 4 days). That was a close call that won't be repeated again. On long hunts, I now drive out to where I can get a cell-phone signal for weather updates, every other day, or so.
Hot weather hunting for big game? Never really had any experience with it.
I've had some 100+ degree Antelope hunts. Lots of water. Lots of water...
Still filled our tags.
Weather won't stop me from leaving (unless it is incredibly severe), but can sometimes keep me in camp...