'Tis The Season

I hope you've had a happy holiday season, and a happy hunting season too! Many of us take advatage of the time off during the holidays to do some hunting or ice fishing, and lately the weather has been pretty agreeable. We're facing a few storm systems moving in for New Year's Eve and when you combine a storm system's low barometric pressure with low hunting pressure, this spells late season success! Many deer are finally returning to areas they were chased from during shotgun season. Deer know areas that are pressured, and they are very sensitive to hunter activity this time of year, so it's very important to play the winds and be careful getting into and out of your hunting spots. Pressure often wont keep them from coming to the same fields night after night, but it can push them into late movement or nocturnal movement. Switching topics to the weather pressure, a large low pressure system is stirring up the atmosphere bringing in southerly winds, fog/drizzle/mist ahead of a sharp cold front that will slam Iowa on Friday. Hunting should be excellent in the days preceeding and following this storm. But most game will likely be hunkered down during the worst conditions on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. Good luck!