Whew, wind was blowing 50+ mph gusts yersterday. Decided to take the bow out yesterday in the winds but had a game plan. I was down in a creek bottom in a big pine/brush thicket, still was pretty nasty, but bearable. Iwould have guessed the deer would have been down in areas where there wind was blocked somewhat like usual. WRONG!! I saw more deer out in the field than I have since August, couldnt beleive it. I was going to take a doe but after almost getting tossed out of my pine stand a few times and not seeing anything, I headed for the truck about 10 minutes before dark just in case, branches were coming down, etc. My guess is the wind and noise was so bad that it took away their hearing, vission and sight defense in the woods so they moved out to areas where they could see danger from a distance.