Do you think high winds affect deer movement?
10-17-2005, 06:29 PM
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Do you think high winds affect deer movement?
Opening day where I huntthe windwas a steady 10 to 15 miles an hour,with gusts up to 25.I didn't see a deer all day!It was hard to seeor hear in the woods.
What hasyour experience been when hunting on windy days?
Do deer bed down more?
Tomorrow it's suppose to be 10 to 20 mile an hour winds.
Thanks for any advice you may have.
What hasyour experience been when hunting on windy days?
Do deer bed down more?
Tomorrow it's suppose to be 10 to 20 mile an hour winds.
Thanks for any advice you may have.
10-17-2005, 06:32 PM
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RE: Do you think high winds affect deer movement?
Nope. They just don't move much in high winds. Unless it is that way for several days, they will be forced to get up and feed. Now, if you are in the woods when the wind dies down, its all good.
10-17-2005, 06:41 PM
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RE: Do you think high winds affect deer movement?
I have had deer bed down right in front of me when it was real windy. One afternoon last year, I took my husband to one of my stands down in a ravine when he said it was too windy to hunt. I told him, just sit for an hour or two. If we don't see anything, we'll leave...........we saw 22 different deer. In my area, they tend to go to the low side when its real windy.
Good Luck.....just keep hunting and see what they do in your area.
Good Luck.....just keep hunting and see what they do in your area.
10-17-2005, 06:42 PM
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RE: Do you think high winds affect deer movement?
I have seen fewer deer in higher winds but I try to avoid hunting in them.It depends on who you talk to,some say it don't bother them to much others say they get nervous and move alot.I justdon't want my scent blowing across 2 counties.
10-17-2005, 07:44 PM
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RE: Do you think high winds affect deer movement?
i love windy days. you can scratch at your chiggers and fart away with little problems. they cant hear you so good and since the leaves and branches are moving you can get away with alot. as long as the wind is strong in one direction you can get some close shooting when they come by your stand. i see probably more deer in the wind. i use to think the opposite and never hunted much in it. its a confidence thing more than anything. if you do hunt a windy day just tell yourself that the last half hour when the sun is going down things will let up and every deer in the county is gonna walk by your stand
10-17-2005, 07:49 PM
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Typical Buck
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Location: Texas
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RE: Do you think high winds affect deer movement?
l have always seen fewer deer on windy days. The ones I do see always
seem more jumpy than usual. It takes away their hearing and the swirling
winds make it harder to pinpoint smells. They don't have those advantages
in the wind and they know it.
seem more jumpy than usual. It takes away their hearing and the swirling
winds make it harder to pinpoint smells. They don't have those advantages
in the wind and they know it.
10-18-2005, 06:42 AM
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RE: Do you think high winds affect deer movement?
High winds definitely influence movement.They have the effect of negating or distorting all three of their senses.They are skittish because they are trying to decipher odors coming at them from several directions making it more difficult to determine the source.Visually every thing in the woods is moving which it makes it more difficult for them to determine which movement is threatening and which is not.Lastly they are being inundated with all kinds of noises,the wind,cracking limbs etc.also making it more difficult for them to tell what is threatening to them.
I am accustomed to having deer go in to much more open area's even fields when winds are severe because they can at least use their eyes to detect danger.They bed in fields by my home all the time in high winds,usually a group will position them selves to be facing in every direction,
I am accustomed to having deer go in to much more open area's even fields when winds are severe because they can at least use their eyes to detect danger.They bed in fields by my home all the time in high winds,usually a group will position them selves to be facing in every direction,