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Midwest Flyways Podcast

Hunting the Weather

Midwest Flyways Podcast

Midwest Flyways

Sports, Wilderness

4.91K Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

This week on Ten Minute Tuesday we wanted to touch on what to do when the weather shifts. From rain to snow and temperature swings in between, weather can be the best time to hunt birds. It can also be one of the most frustrating times as birds can become unpredictable. This isn’t the end all be all and every place is a little different but there should be some helpful information in here for you, especially if you’re just starting out and learning the ropes. Thanks so much for listening and be sure to subscribe and review!   New Waterfowl Film out now! Out West | Waterfowl Hunting in Montana Stay comfortable, dry and warm: First Lite (Code MWF20) Go to OnXHunt to be better prepared for your hunt: OnX Learn more about better ammo: Migra Ammunitions Weatherby Sorix: Weatherby Support Conservation: DU (Code: Flyways) Stop saying "Huh?" with better hearing protection: Soundgear Live Free: Turtlebox Add motion to your spread: Flashback Better Merch: /SHOP

Transcript

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0:00.0

All right, welcome back to 10 Minute Tuesday.

0:02.0

Sorry, we have missed these for a few weeks.

0:04.1

It's been like a crazy few weeks for us.

0:06.8

We've just been on the road a bunch.

0:09.1

Did a couple of different trips.

0:11.8

And if you guys have listened to the full pod, we've had some rough trips.

0:16.7

Yep.

0:17.4

Had a good one, though.

0:18.3

We did.

0:18.7

We just had a really good one this past weekend. Thank God. We needed it. Bad. Something still happened, though. Joey will elaborate. Yeah, Joey will elaborate on the podcast. That will be next week, though. Yep. But yeah, next week you'll hear what happened to Joey on the way home um but yeah no it's been good we've just been

0:39.1

super busy um and finally had a decent hunt and i thought this would be a great time to do a 10 minute

0:46.9

tuesday talking a little bit about hunting the weather that you're presented with um and being aware of

0:54.0

the weather since it seems like we're not very good at checking all the weather that you're presented with. And being aware of the weather, since it seems like we're not very good at checking all the weather every time we go somewhere. We're really bad at checking the moon. Yeah. Back-to-back super moons. Yeah. No, the moon cycle is very important, you guys. And every area is different. Let me just get that out right away. So, you know, whenever we put

1:11.7

these things out where it's like an educational or like giving some tips about stuff, we'll get

1:16.6

a hundred messages if people are like, no, it's not how it works in my area. Listen, man, maybe it's

1:21.4

different in your area. Okay. I'm just going to give you what generally occurs for us in the Midwest. If you are hunting a

1:29.7

full moon, it might be some tough hunting. Good luck. It might be some tough hunting. Unless you have

1:35.1

weather. Birds are going to get smarter and smarter, right? Constantly. They're adapting. They're

1:40.4

changing. They're seeing all the different patterns. They know they're being hunted. Once hunting season starts, the birds obviously know that they're changing. They're seeing all the different patterns. They know they're being hunted.

1:44.7

Once hunting season starts, the birds obviously know that they're being hunted. And so the reality is,

1:51.3

if they can feed by moonlight, why wouldn't they feed by moonlight? It's a smart thing to do.

1:58.5

So that's what birds are going to try to do. So you'll see this a lot. Full moon cycle hits and all of a sudden you're in a field in the afternoon. They've been feeding once a day, only in the afternoon. And you show up and it's the afternoon feed. They come out five to ten minutes before shooting light and they feed for an hour after sunset yep that's what they do all the

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