Pressure is the factor deer feel before you see any weather at all. Watch the short narrated explainer, then read the detail underneath it.
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Pressure and daylight activity
| Barometer | Typical deer movement |
|---|---|
| High and steady (about 30.00 inHg and up) | Consistent, dependable daylight movement |
| Sharp rise behind a front | One of the strongest pushes of the season |
| Fast fall ahead of a storm | Heavy feeding push in the hours before it hits |
| Low and flat during the storm | Movement suppressed until the system moves off |
How the forecast uses pressure
Best Hunting Time reads hourly pressure and its direction for your ZIP code, flags rising and falling windows, and combines them with temperature, wind, rain and solunar timing. Every hour shows the reasoning, so you know why a score moved.
Video transcript
Barometric pressure is one of the most reliable movement triggers we can measure. Whitetails feel pressure changes long before you see the weather. Deer tend to move best when pressure is high and steady, roughly thirty inches of mercury and above, and again during the sharp rise right after a front clears. A fast falling barometer ahead of a storm often triggers a heavy feeding push, and then movement shuts down while the storm sits on you. Best Hunting Time tracks hourly pressure and its trend, and flags those rising and falling windows for your location.