I love weather and The Weather Channel, much to Ginger’s dislike. She will never understand how in the world someone can sit down and actually WATCH The Weather Channel. Now, I have to admit it’s been a little boring around Georgia these days. It’s drier than it’s ever been and there’s no rain in the forecast.

But luckily for me, my job requires that I keep up with the weather all over the country! Isn’t that great! When I explain to Ginger that I have to watch the weather she’ll comment, “But it’s May!”

But she doesn’t understand. I do.

For example, it fires me up to know that Montana and Wyoming are getting lots of rain and have been the entire spring. Why? Big antlers. Out West, the quality of the racks during hunting season are so dependent on the amount of moisture during the winter and spring. And then to make things even better, a couple of good rains during July are just icing on the cake.

Once our hunting season rolls around and we are covering a lot of ground, The Weather Channel becomes even more important.

For example, the single biggest obstacle that I feel we face as whitetail hunters is warmer temperatures. If a crew is scheduled to head to Kansas during the first couple weeks of November and The Weather Channel says that the 10-day forecast is calling for temperatures to be 10-15 degrees warmer than normal, then the chances are really good that deer movement is going to be minimal.

Moon phase, rain and wind don’t affect buck movement as much as “hot” weather, and I can watch The Weather Channel for about 20 minutes and get a good idea of how the upcoming hunts are going to go.

The one thing that I have yet to figure out about The Weather Channel is how often the female anchors are “with child”. What do you think?

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