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Old 10-28-2008 | 06:42 AM
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Default RE: 20MPH winds

I don't hunt when the wind gets too bad. I had a really bad experience a few years back (back when I was young and dumb) that scared the heck out of me.

We had sustained winds out of the northwest at 30mph that day. I went and climbed into the biggest tree I knew I could in that region and settled in before daylight. It was howling with some of the gust I know getting up into the 50's. Needless to say, I was getting a little worried. There were limbs coming down all over the place. That was about the time I heard it. A loud snap and a bunch of cracking. I look up, and here comes a tree top, right at me! It was a good sized pine that snapped off about 6ft up from the ground and it was barreling right toward me! Luckily, it wasn't as close as I thought and the very top came down about 50 ft in front of me. It hit the ground so hard it felt like it was going to knock me out of the tree.

From that day forward, I won't hunt when it gets that windy.

On deer movement, Ihave found that deer don't like it much when its really windy. Even during the rut, they'll hole up and wait it out.
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