I thought it might be interesting to see some of the reasons you might not hunt on any give day.  Wind, rain, snow, etc?

Work.

For deer I don't do heavy rain. I hate high winds but still hunt them. I love snow but the first day after a heavy one is usually useless.

I will duck hunt in anything.

Rob

Only ones  for me are rain. I see plenty of deer just scared of not finding one after the hit. Love hunting in a morning fog and snow

Very windy days... I don't enjoy it, so why be out in it?  I do like light rain though.  As the Rob indicated... the day after a snow is so cool, but usually not much action right after the snow.  At least that has been my experience.  Deer seem to be a bit intimidated on that first snow of the season around here.  Takes them a bit to get out and about.
This season I plan on trying to not hunt Sunday mornings and keep my hiney in church!  I tend to slip a bit in the hunting season and skip Sunday mornings where I should be.

Even if I don't make it in to church, I tend to  not hunt on Sunday. It's personal, and don't judge those who do.  
I will however if I'm out of town hunting. As far as wind and weather I hunt in all of it if I have the time off.  I stop when it stops being fun.

I will pass on rain (non-existent blood trails)and high winds (non-existent deer).  I try to schedule my time off to coincide with quarter and new moons, except the full moon during the rut, which is a great time.  Having said all that, a day spent hunting the worst of these conditions beats the heck out of one spent at work during the best!    

QuoteOriginally posted by S. Brant Osborn:
Even if I don't make it in to church, I tend to  not hunt on Sunday. It's personal, and don't judge those who do.  
I will however if I'm out of town hunting. As far as wind and weather I hunt in all of it if I have the time off.  I stop when it stops being fun.

Well said.....

I hunt any day I can, only time I am not out is if it is pouring down rain.

I don't like to hunt in the rain so if the forecast calls for a high percentage of rain, I don't go that day.

On the days with a low percentage of rain, I do check the weather radar on the internet "before" I leave the house.

For me its work or really heavy rain.

Normally, high winds and heavy rain keep me from going out.

School, work, and church will have priority over hunting. I will occasionally hunt on a Sunday, if it is the only day I get to hunt with my Grandpa. (school is a nebulous one though...on a day with no real classes I will get out of dodge if conditions are favorable)

really heavy heavy rain or thunderstorms.....

heavy rain for me don't like it!

Fridays, Saturdays, and Holidays, because I hunt on public lands and there's a lot of folks out there during those times.

Depends on the weapon. With a rifle, I'll hunt in any conditions.

But in archery? I won't bother in excessive heat because of spoilage concerns. I also won't bowhunt in heavy rain due to tracking concerns.

In the upper Great Lakes, we often get annual winds that are called the "Gales of November". Many may know that term from the song "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald".

But the gales are not unique to that event. The worst damage was done in a 1913 Gale, where 19 ships were sunk and another 19 were run aground. That storm produced 90mph winds and 35 foot waves on the Great Lakes. A Cat 1 hurricane starts at 74mph.

In early 2010, I'd planned a 5 day hunt for late October. Having planned my hunt dates months in advance, you can guess what happened during those days. The Gales blew early.

Here's a headline from my hunt period...

A gale for the recordbooks
October 29, 2010

It was a gale for the recordbooks.

Northern Michigan felt the wrath of Mother Nature Tuesday, Wednesday and into Thursday as dual weather systems blew in and blew out of the region, bringing with them ferocious winds which tore off roofs, downed trees and snapped power poles.

Some of those winds touched Category 1 hurricane range, as wind gusts clocked at 78 mph at the Mackinac Bridge.


Oddly enough, I since those were the days for that hunt, I went out and sat for about 2 hours each evening, far away from any big tree's. I sat in some small, thick row pines, safe from falling trees and limbs.

But it was a total joke and I was openly laughing to myself when the wind really had a big gust. I saw zero living creatures during 4 day "vacation".

I went out mainly because it was a break from home, 4 young kids, the rat race, etc. But again, it was a joke at that point.

Here's a news clip from one of my hunt days...
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWz1sOcSzWE&feature=relmfu  

Here's the winds on the last day of my hunt...
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DsV4C1nsYGE

heavy rain and i..... HATE!!!!!!!! high winds!!

Heavy rain.  While I don't mind getting wet I am concerned that I will loose a deer because of not be able to follow the trail.

When I have to work.