The Wind BLOWS! The only thing it's good for is flying a Kite! I keep my shots to 50yds and under during winday days. As I write this, the Rut is in Full Swing and Im on this Forum insted of BowHunting as the wind is blowing 35mph+++, and Im Bumming!!! to iffy to shoot at even close ranges.
I've noticed it's hard to practice in the wind with a ML or a Bow as you just never have the (Exact) senerio when it comes to wind speed, it's still a guessing game when it comes to where your bullet's gonna hit, plus it's harder to keep steady when shooting, especially out of a Treestand when your trying to hang on for dear life.Too much can go wrong. On bigger Game like Elk or Moose it may not matter as much as you have a bigger kill area to work with. But we owe it to the Animals we hunt to make a great shot on them, sometimes you just have to pass on them real windy days.
I know this is (off the topic) but has anyone ever experienced bad results in the (Pourind Rain)? I mean really raining hard? I had a 10pt step out in the pouring rain at 70yds, and I had my shotgun, I had a good rest and fired. I missed, I fired again, I missed, I fired again, I missed!!! The Buck finally ran off accross the field for 200yds stopped, looked around and ran off and was gone. I could'nt believe I missed! I checked for sign and there was none, a clean miss all three times. The Buck was later shot about a week later by another Hunter. The only thing I could think of was the Pouring Rain had some effect on my bullet?? any thought's on this one?
(BP)

BP,

I'm going to say yes the rain affected your bullet's trajectory. I've never shot in those conditions but when its raining sheets, it would have to increase the density of the air considerably and at some level the mass of the water falling would be like wind directed at the ground. I'd bet your bullet fell short of the deer.

I know it must have had some effect as my Gun was sighted in and Im a good shot and I missed. Has anyone else had any experience with this like I did?
(BP)

I have shot in the rain, but never pouring rain. I have hunted in pouring rain but never got a shot. Sat in a blind all day and watched nothing. Now snow... I've shot and hunted, in near blizzard conditions. I laid the smack on a big doe one hunting season on my property with a muzzle loader. It was snowing so hard it was like a wonderland out there. She came in about thirty yards. I held center on her kill zone, fired and for some reason shot high, but it broke her down. And she dropped in her tracks.