Playing the wind on small properties
10-01-2008, 03:21 AM
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Dominant Buck
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Playing the wind on small properties
For you guys who are religious about playing the wind.....and you hunt small properties....
How often do you have to "bag" a hunt? My first time is.....right now. I got up at 4:30....and thought I had a good spot to go to. Winds are starting in the WSW.....switching to NW by 7AM. I don't have a spot for that. So........I'm gonna watch a little tube....and go back to bed. There's always the afternoon.
How often do you have to "bag" a hunt? My first time is.....right now. I got up at 4:30....and thought I had a good spot to go to. Winds are starting in the WSW.....switching to NW by 7AM. I don't have a spot for that. So........I'm gonna watch a little tube....and go back to bed. There's always the afternoon.
10-01-2008, 03:31 AM
#2
Fork Horn
Join Date: Oct 2006
Location: Arkansas
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RE: Playing the wind on small properties
Wind in AR is coming from the NW at 5 which is perfect for my one stand 
Hope it shifts for you later today. Altho a good scentlock suit might take the worry out of the wind a little. Today is openning day here and I'll be in my stand in hour and a half! Good Luck!
Hope it shifts for you later today. Altho a good scentlock suit might take the worry out of the wind a little. Today is openning day here and I'll be in my stand in hour and a half! Good Luck!
10-01-2008, 03:38 AM
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Dominant Buck
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RE: Playing the wind on small properties
Good luck to you ark.
I should have a steady NW wind later....and I've got a spot picked out. No worries....as I have some son of a bitching drywall sanding to keep me plenty busy, this morning.
I'm a "moderate" believer in the SL technology (not treally the technology....as I think it's pretty well proven....but the overall effectiveness), but the temps are too warm for that, now.
Anyways....I wish you luck
I should have a steady NW wind later....and I've got a spot picked out. No worries....as I have some son of a bitching drywall sanding to keep me plenty busy, this morning.
I'm a "moderate" believer in the SL technology (not treally the technology....as I think it's pretty well proven....but the overall effectiveness), but the temps are too warm for that, now.
Anyways....I wish you luck
10-01-2008, 04:04 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Roanoke, Va
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RE: Playing the wind on small properties
ORIGINAL: GMMAT
For you guys who are religious about playing the wind.....and you hunt small properties....
How often do you have to "bag" a hunt? My first time is.....right now. I got up at 4:30....and thought I had a good spot to go to. Winds are starting in the WSW.....switching to NW by 7AM. I don't have a spot for that. So........I'm gonna watch a little tube....and go back to bed. There's always the afternoon.
For you guys who are religious about playing the wind.....and you hunt small properties....
How often do you have to "bag" a hunt? My first time is.....right now. I got up at 4:30....and thought I had a good spot to go to. Winds are starting in the WSW.....switching to NW by 7AM. I don't have a spot for that. So........I'm gonna watch a little tube....and go back to bed. There's always the afternoon.
10-01-2008, 04:42 AM
#5
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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RE: Playing the wind on small properties
I don’t bag hunts. If I don’t have a good wind for a particular spot I’ll find one, even if that spot might not be very productive. I don’t have the luxury of bagging a hunt based on a non-ideal wind.
10-01-2008, 05:43 AM
#7
Dominant Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Blossvale, New York
Posts: 21,199
RE: Playing the wind on small properties
Wuss.... why don't you just say you didn't feel like going hunting.[8D] There's always a spot that's down wind. Go ahead, tell us the truth.... your wife made you a better offer and you decided to bag it for the hunt.
10-01-2008, 05:49 AM
#8
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: May 2005
Location: One mile east of West Podunk Tx
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RE: Playing the wind on small properties
Jeff that sounds to me like a perfect morning to grab the longbow and take a walk in the woods. Find ya a nice tree trunkwith some good back cover and have a seat on the ground or just lean against the tree. Bad winds for stands can make good winds for a ground hunt.
10-01-2008, 06:00 AM
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RE: Playing the wind on small properties
ORIGINAL: rybohunter
I don’t bag hunts. If I don’t have a good wind for a particular spot I’ll find one, even if that spot might not be very productive. I don’t have the luxury of bagging a hunt based on a non-ideal wind.
I don’t bag hunts. If I don’t have a good wind for a particular spot I’ll find one, even if that spot might not be very productive. I don’t have the luxury of bagging a hunt based on a non-ideal wind.