RE: Reading the wind
Sniper151:
You know it! While in Gillette Wyoming hunting pronghorn last October there was an afternoon when the wind was so strong that you had to lean into it while walking. I can't reliably guess what it was, but I'm guessing over 30 MPH. Happily it did not interfere with our hunting. My son bagged his pronghorn around 10 AM that day, before the wind picked up. I bagged my pronghorn the next day around 10 AM and again there was not any wind that I noticed. Maybe the wind picks up later in the day. My son's shot was at 150 yards, and my shot was at 240 yards. My shot definitely would have been affected by the strong wind IF it had been present when I shot my pronghorn. Even at 150 yards I think that wind could have affected my son's shot, the wind was so strong.