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Thermals ..... Do they play a part in your hunt???

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Old 07-21-2008 | 05:24 PM
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I have backup

You should feel honored, just think that was take two[8D]
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Old 07-21-2008 | 05:36 PM
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I've always enjoyed hunting mornings. I think the area I hunt the Thermals rising from the heating air helps in avoiding being scented.

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Old 07-21-2008 | 05:40 PM
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how is your scent going to be coming down as the air is heating up (on a cold morning)?
Breath out on a cold morning and watch how far, and which way, the warm moist cloud goes before it disappears as it becomes the same temp as the surrounding air.
The Air/Scent off of your body cools to the surrounding temps I would bet almost instantly.

Common sense will tell you that! I love the Wind Floaters, using them on a consistent basis for a few years will teach you a lot about wind currents and Thermals!

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Old 07-21-2008 | 05:54 PM
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They hunt the wind series has been delelted
Send that one to me
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Old 07-21-2008 | 06:08 PM
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Yes,they play a part in my hunts.I luckily killed a buck many years ago who was getting on his feet as the thermal shift was occurring.The first time I saw him he was coming out of his bedding area with the wind at his back and the thermals blowing to his right side.He was traveling down the edge of a ridge that he could look down.He had every direction completely covered.The first time I saw him he was out of bow range and he got a snoot full of me because of the thermals at about 60 yards out.A week later after having rested the stand for 7 days I killed him before he got in to my scent stream from the prevailing wind and the thermals.Both times I saw him was within minutes of the thermal shift.
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Old 07-21-2008 | 08:39 PM
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Hunting here in the drainages in the Rockies I use the current on every hunt. I start high and work my way down in the early mornings. In going from an elevation of 4500 ft to 2225 on a hike I use the thermal current to my advantage. Sometimes winds can change every 5 minutes and cold weather can change an approach also. The wife will drop me off and I have an atv at the bottom or she'll me me there at dark-thirty.

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