Dr B 186 Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 (edited) Hi Chaps The weather forecast seems to be one of thunder / lightening for this evening / tomorrow for the south (sorry guys). If it happens tonight, I'd be interested to know if you've noticed any odd animal behaviour around now due to the impending thunderstorms.....if the storms hit tonight, the weather changes will be happening now and will be slowly building.....I find the birds really don't like it. I used to have an old pet dog at home that would hide under the bed about an hour before the storm landed.... Any differences in behaviour in quarry behaviour? Actual observations not old wives tales please..... Edited June 12, 2015 by Dr B Quote Link to post
Mr Wilkes 3,061 Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Ive never seen as many rabbits out feeding... we must be in for a real storm. 1 Quote Link to post
tomburras 2,730 Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Last year my ferret ate her kits during a thunderstorm - she has kits now so fingers crossed she won't do it again. 1 Quote Link to post
j j m 6,561 Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Could do with a good pour down ha ha Quote Link to post
mark williams 7,561 Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Went to the rabbit field that i am watching over tonight with the bino`s ( no gun) and noticed they are all tight to the fence for over 800 yds, all juveniles. Magpies are flighty and on edge, woodies seemed a little sedated. Hot, very humid and overcast 1 Quote Link to post
random 659 Posted June 12, 2015 Report Share Posted June 12, 2015 Interesting one this,never really noticed anything more than animals sitting tight,like all pulled in to conserve heat I guess,and they don't seem quite as alert somehow like they won't move unless they have to,I suppose predators don't like it out in crap weather either? 1 Quote Link to post
Dr B 186 Posted June 13, 2015 Author Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Interesting observations chaps. There is some evidence that certain species are affected by the magnetic fields produced by thunderstorms and the ionization in the air. They 'know' its coming.....I've no idea whether this can help us as hunters or works against us. I'd be interested to know. A thunderstorm takes many hours to build so there might be a window where the animals react, but the storm has still not broken so you wont get drenched. I've noticed the behaviour in birds, not rabbits so that's an interesting one. Cheers chaps..... Quote Link to post
tilimangro 1,013 Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 Nice to see people observing this Saw a lot of rabbits feeding far out in the day yesterday Always heavy rain due when they do that 2 Quote Link to post
villaman 9,983 Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 All ways found , after a summer rain more ,rabbits come out the next day ,something to do with sugars in the grass Quote Link to post
The one 8,511 Posted June 13, 2015 Report Share Posted June 13, 2015 There wasn't so many rabbits about last night it was warm and dry about 2am we had a small shower and a few showed maybe trying to get a dring from the wet grass , its overcast and trying to drizzle now a sign somethings building up Quote Link to post
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