My 80-yr old Dad shot a nice buck with his crossbow this morning and we lost the blood trail after a few hundred yards. He may have hit a little high behind front shoulder, but there was quite a bit of bright red blood so I'm pretty sure he got something arterial, but just not a vital organ. We...
Verdigris cats were hitting live minnows hard this past weekend on our jugs. We started with cut shad on Friday with light activity. Once we went and bought minnows, we tore them up Sat and Sun.
My experience has been that they move plenty in rain. If you and your significant other had Frog-Togs with a convenient, ez-open flap, wouldn't you get busy in the rain then go for a bite to eat afterward? That said, lightening and thunderstorms might be a different matter.
Styria never panned out too we'll stateside. Fortunately, there is CDI precision gun works in Sarasota that makes one for the SSG in either single or dual trigger configuration.
http://www.cdiprecisiongunworks.com/index.html